2Baba speaks on alleged rift with Nigerian midfielder, John Mikel Obi

Few years ago, rumours emerged that Super
Eagles star, John Mikel Obi snubbed Nigerian
music icon, Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia at a
London nightclub.
Many believed and went ahead to opine that
this incident was what prompted the singer
to record the hit track Only Me .
Several years down the line, 2Baba, in a
recent interview with Brila FM, quashed the
rumours of such an incident ever taking
place and insisted that the song was never a
diss track nor about Mikel.
“I met John Obi Mikel for the first time at the
MOBO awards two years before I released
the song ‘Only me’, I won an award on the
night, Mikel congratulated me and alongside
P Square, D’Banj and Don Jazzy we all went
to hang out together,” the one time MTV EMA
winner told the sports radio station.
2Baba also revealed that when he heard
about the rumours at that time, he put a call
through to the midfield maestro and they
ended up having a laugh over the rumours.
He said: “At the time I did the song, Mikel
had issues with his inability to show up for
certain Super Eagles games, then some very
good rumour monger picked a line from my
song as regards patriotism towards
representing the National football team and
ran with the story of a rift between us, I
spoke with Mikel on the phone and we had a
good laugh about it.”