The daughter of Nollywood actress, Bimpe Akintunde has created a buzz online as she begs for food online.
Kemi Filani reports that the Yoruba movie star took to her Instagram story to share a video of her daughter demanding food.
Bimpe Akintunde had forced her mini-me to partake in the fasting, which the 7-year-old isn’t a fan of.
In the video, her daughter, Princess Amida who was almost in tears begged anyone visiting their house to come along with food.
According to her, she is starving and is about to faint since her mother has denied to give her anything.
“Mummy please I can’t starve for to long. Please if you know you are coming here, help me buy something. I am about to faint, this woman wouldn’t give me anything to eat”.
Bimpe Akintunde replied, “Cos you are fasting “
Her daughter responded, “I am tired of fasting after today I wouldn’t fast again”.
Bimpe Akintunde captioned the video with, “This one will be breaking fast at 11:30 am”.
Reacting to the video, Netizens blasted the movie star for forcing her daughter to partake in the fasting.
Reactions
One Chioma4eva wrote, “She is adorable so smart, and eloquently brilliant. But this Muslim fasting does it apply to kids too or are there some kind of considerations/exceptions for the kids
One Mister Prince wrote, “Mother so broke, can’t afford her daughter a meal. Too bad tho. These people r just famous, richer dan their dreams
One Okm herbal wrote, “I know it’s proper upbringing to bring them up in the ways of the Lord but when kids are forced to fast, they could be eating behind you
One Ask dehrine wrote, “Once it’s 12 pm abeg give small kids food… They have tried
One gentle king wrote, “Don’t force kids to fast
One db naturals wrote, “She don try e easy to fast till 11 am abeg give her food to eat
One Gozioleks wrote, “Stop putting children through this starvation all because of a religious fast. They’re kids and don’t even know the essence of fasting. Give them food. In saner climes, you can’t do this to a child
One Black girl charm wrote, “Nigerian parents and forcing kids to fast!! My father nearly kill me with fasting. Thank God my mom would sneak into the kitchen and give me food”.
Bimpe Akintunde earns praise for helping a woman overcome infertility
Bimpe Akintunde had sometime back, shared a touching testimony on how she helped a woman overcome infertility.
Infertility is the inability of a woman to conceive naturally after in year of unprotected sexual intercourse.
Sharing the touching testimony, Bimpe Akintunde stated that it was a Thanksgiving Sunday for her as she got to christen her godson.
She had known the woman for over 4years, and as they drew closer, she learned that she had been struggling with fertility.
Bimpe recommended a solution for her and even fought her when she failed to heed her advice.
In December 2021, she shared the good news with Bimpe that she was pregnant.
Fast forward to Sunday, September 11th, she welcomed a baby boy.
Bimpe revealed that she had to clear her schedule to attend his naming ceremony and give him a name.
The touching story melted the hearts of her fans as they praised her for her kind heart.
