Iyanya
30-year-old singer, Iyanya stands tall as one of the most eligible bachelors in the Nigerian music scene.
With a major change in his career with this new record deal, that
sexy body and obviously, no babymama, Iyanya is surely the dream of many
ladies but for the singer, not being married till now is one of the
things he regrets.
In an exclusive chat with Thenetng, Iyanya says, ‘I’ll be honest,
It’s not very easy. If I had my way, I would have been married a long
time ago, by now people will be seeing my kids. It’s not very easy
trying to get this music right and then adding marriage to it. The truth
is even though people think I have that bad boy reputation, I respect
marriage a lot, I don’t believe I should get married and get out of it,
so I’m not trying to rush into something I’ll rush out of.’
Asked what he’ll look out for in a woman when he’s ready to settle down, he says, ‘It’s
hard bro. If you say you want a girl from the church, you’ll carry
devil, if you say you want a dancer, you’ll carry trouble. I’m just
trying to be patient and take my time and it’s even harder now that I’m
famous because it’s really hard to find someone that truly cares for you
when you are famous. I think this is one of the things I regret, I
should have married someone way back when my mum was still alive. Back
then my mum was always on my neck to settle down and at the time I
always wondered why but now I see it. I’m not giving up though, I just
want to make sure I get this music right. I’m 30 and I’ve not seen in
the bible or any church that’ll say I can’t come to church because I’m
30 and not married [laughs].’