Iya Segi Has Not Cried. Not Once.

Of the four women currently residing at the family compound in Ibadan, it is the first wife who has been the most visible, and perhaps the most difficult to read.

Iya Segi, who has been Baba Segi’s wife longer than any of the others, has been observed moving through the compound with what neighbours describe as “complete normality.” She has cooked. She has managed the children. She has, by all accounts, continued to run the household as though nothing has changed.

She has not cried. Not once. Not in public, at least. When approached by this reporter, Iya Segi did not stop walking. “There is nothing to report,” she said, without turning her head. “My husband travels. He will return.” She did not elaborate. She did not slow her pace. It is worth noting that no one has suggested Baba Segi was planning to travel.

Sources within the compound describe Iya Segi as the one holding everything together. Whether that is an act of strength or an act of strategy remains, at this stage, unclear. What is clear is this – in a house full of women who have lost their footing, Iya Segi has not stumbled once. Some might call that loyalty. Others might call it something else entirely.

— The CEN Report
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