”It’s not by force to get married. I am happy with my children” – 9ice

Popular musician, Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has slammed those asking him to get married, telling them it is not by force.

The father of 4 children from 3 women, who divorced his ex-wife, Toni Payne, (read here), has stated that his children and happiness are all that matters.

Speaking on divorcing his wife seven years ago based on alleged cheating, her told Vanguard the following when asked if he could ever give Toni a second chance:

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”I am very lucky and I am happy with what I have. Being married does not mean that you are going to be happy, unless we want to deceive ourselves.

She’s with me and we are both happy. She’s living her life while I’m living my own life. Happiness is the most important thing. Don’t let your family push you into doing anything you don’t like. If you want to stay in marriage, all well and good. But if you think not getting married gives your happiness, don’t marry. It is not by force that one must marry. God is not going to punish anybody who refused to get married.”

The popular Afro pop singer, also opened up about how he runs his home:

”How I run my home is different from how you run your own home.

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I might not be the one running the home. It might be the mothers of my kids who are running the home in my absence and they are doing it perfectly well. And the glory will come to me. When it comes to marital issues, it is a game of luck.

Nobody can come and tell me that I’m perfect that’s why I’m married. We all know how it’s being done. People have issues in marriage everyday. What I want in my life is happiness and I’m having it now. And I’m loving it. Marriage or no marriage, I am happy and I have my children.

That’s the important thing to me. Another source of my happiness is my focus on my music. If you are happy, you can make the next person around you happy. What I want in life is happiness, whether I get in marriage or out of marriage, is irrelevant to me.”

Read more from the interview here.