Actor, James Olarenwaju, popularly known as Baba Ijesha; and fashion designer, Abiodun Tokunbo, aka Luminee, have continued to face mixed reactions from the public after a post announcing the birth of their son went viral on Monday, June 15, 2026.
Prior to that, Luminee had announced the gender of her baby without naming the father in a post shared on Saturday, June 13, 2026. She subsequently made other posts, including maternity photos featuring herself and Baba Ijesha. Since then, congratulatory messages have continued to pour in for the couple on the arrival of their child.
Reacting to the news online, many expressed shock that Luminee was pregnant with Baba Ijesha’s child barely seven months after his release from prison, and criticised her for having a child with him.
Baba Ijesha was sentenced to three years imprisonment after being convicted of “indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault of a minor”. He regained his freedom after serving his jail term in November 2025.
A former Big Brother Naija housemate, Angel Smith, who was also in the news recently over a messy squabble with her lesbian lover, commented, “How can you, as a woman, have a baby with a person knowing his crime? You had a child with someone who committed such a vicious crime against another child.”
