Toyin Abraham speaks on the cause of her rivalry with Funke Akindele for the first time as she calls for a truce
Toyin Abraham is ready to bury the hatchet with her colleague and longtime “rival” Funke Akindele. Toyin Abraham is ready to bury the hatchet with her colleague and longtime “rival” Funke Akindele. In a new post shared on Instagram, Toyin Abraham spoke for the first time about how her rivalry with Funke Akindele began. She explained that there was “fierce competition to be number one in those days in the Yoruba industry.” She added that "the fierce competition created camps, enmity, and many professional gossips.” Explaining how her rivalry with Funke began, Toyin said: “The competition was much and with many gossips in between, we became competitors and persona non grata.” She added that with time, she has realised that they can compete without being enemies. Toyin wrote: "Aunty Funke and I continued the rivalry sort of. It pitted our fans against each other. We are two competitive Virgo women, we love to win and sometimes in that process, we splash dirt and mud.
