The daughter of filmmaker Iyabo Ojo, hgg hasPriscilla Ojo shared insights into her mother’s remarkable kindness and generosity during her upbringing.
Speaking in a recent interview on WithChude, Priscilla revealed that her mother “actively accommodated” more than 10 children in their home, at times even giving up her personal space for them.
The entrepreneur said she came to understand that her mother’s actions were driven by a deeply compassionate nature, adding that Iyabo once breastfed one of her cousins.
“Even more than 10, they were not just living with us. Sometimes I would just wake up and see another child and I would ask, ‘Mummy, who is this? Why is she sharing my room?” Priscilla said.
“You know how kids like to rule their own space. I would ask, ‘Why is she on my bed?’ And my mum would say she is somebody’s auntie’s daughter.
“She has a lot of children. She even breastfed one of my cousins. That is how golden her heart is.”
Iyabo married Ademidun Ojo in 1999, but the marriage ended in divorce in 2001. They have two children together — Priscilla and Festus.
Priscilla is married to Tanzanian singer Juma Jux. Their relationship became public in July 2024.
The couple held their traditional and white weddings in Lagos in April 2025, after their Islamic traditional ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in February of the previous year.
They concluded their wedding celebrations with a grand ceremony in Tanzania in May 2025 and later welcomed their first child, a son named Rakeem, in Canada in August last year.