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].’