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Nigerian singer Spyro has opened up about a painful childhood trauma involving his father, whom he described as a pastor, and how his treatment affected him while growing up.
Speaking in an interview with Arise TV broadcaster Rufai Oseni, the singer recalled being accused of stealing whenever money went missing in church, claiming the accusations often left him publicly embarrassed.
Spyro explained that his father would point fingers at him in front of others, only to later discover that he had not taken the missing money. He also recounted an incident involving a school cleaner who allegedly scratched his head with her long nails.
He claimed that after reporting the incident to his father, he was accused of lying and punished.
“My dad is a pastor. He will tell outsiders that this boy is a thief. Once money misses in church, he will point to me. All the public embarrassment, and then when he eventually finds what he’s looking for, he buys you milk.
When we got home, my dad flogged me and left a mark that’s still on my back 22 years later. It broke me because I told this man the truth and I suffered for it.
If not for the love from my mom and how she was able to constantly balance things up, it affected me because I felt since he believes I’m a terrible child, let me just be terrible,” he recalled.
Spyro revealed that the experiences affected his perception of himself and made him feel he should live up to the negative image his father had created of him.
He credited his mother’s love and support for helping him cope with the difficult experiences while growing up,
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“I broke up with my dad after I told him a school cleaner scratched my head with her long nails, but he called me a liar. We went to confront her, and she denied knowing me. When we got home, my dad flogged me and left a mark that’s still on my back 22 years later.”
—Spyro pic.twitter.com/a60zjWAMJM
— carter
(@carter8f) September 16, 2026