Veteran Nigerian actress, Idowu Phillips popularly known as Mama Rainbow who recently turned 80 years has revealed how her son tried to convince her into becoming a witch to become rich.
The actress who is now a prophetess noted in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust Newspaper that during the early stage of her career she was very broke, most especially as her husband, Femi died a few years after their marriage, leaving her to raise their children on her own.
Taking a trip down memory lane, the actress stated that when things were really tough in the family, one of her children advised that she became a witch so that they can be rich.
Mama Rainbow said, “It was tough; after prayers, some of them would always cry. Whenever one of my sons saw me with a Bible he would ask what I was doing with it. At a point, he said he would take me to where I could become a witch and I agreed. He said that once I became a witch, we would be okay.”
The legendary thespian stated that when her son realized the price for his mother to become a witch, he dragged her out of the place.
Mama Rainbow said, “I agreed and he took me somewhere, but before God and man, when I got there and they told me the requirements, I was shocked. They said it was the child I loved the most that would be used for sacrifice.
“I told the person that it was the child I loved most that brought me to the place. At that point, my son held my hand and said it was time to go home.”
“I clocked 80, so it has to be celebrated in a big way. I will celebrate it all through the year in different countries. God has been gracious and merciful to me. I am either lucky or God is merciful to me to get to this age.
“It was not till I clocked 50 years that I started buying new clothes for myself. In my area, when we had to buy ‘aso-ebi’ for N2,000 I would not go to the area for about two months because I could not afford it. There was a time they shared pieces of land at N2,000 with complimentary drinks but I couldn’t afford it.”
Mama Rainbow said: “If I dared pay for such, my children would not have clothes to wear, neither would they have food to eat. They would not be okay. My priority was my children. I always loved children and I wanted mine to be as comfortable as they could and also well-educated. But now, I gift people my clothes. That is how good God is. It was not easy.”