“It Was Personal”: 9ice Explains Why He Denied His Twin Daughters

• Why did you deny you had twins when they were born?

I did say I didn’t have twins then because I believe it was personal. If I have N1m, I think it is only
my account’s officer that should know how much I have. In fact, he wouldn’t even have the right to check my account unless I ask him to do that. He couldn’t just cull up my account details and start checking how much I have. This is not a car we are talking about, these are human beings.

• But when they grow up, do you think they will forgive you when they read that you once denied them?

I will tell them the reason I did that. It was the same way my father gave me his own reasons. I didn’t know him until I was 22. I got to know my mother when I was 18. They gave me their reasons for doing what they did. I asked my father where he was all the time I was growing up and he told me where and how and when he was a part of my life. If my kids grow up to ask me why I did what I did, I would certainly explain to them.  I didn’t say I didn’t have kids just because I wanted to lie, No. I had my reasons. I had my life to live. 

• You are in showbiz, so you shouldn’t expect to have a private life…

But there are still some elements that are personal. I didn’t fight anybody when the stories came out. I just didn’t say anything because I wasn’t ready to talk about it. I wasn’t ready to share the story. When I got ready, I even shared the pictures of the twins. Who knows, I could have even used their pictures to make money and sell to a publication that wanted them. But I just released the pictures.

• Do we see you getting married to their mother soon?

I will get married soon. It is very possible.

• But is she the one you are with at the moment?

I am not saying anything on that. No comment.

• Let’s go back to what you said earlier on about not knowing your parents until you were a young man, how did it happen?

It is going to be in my autobiography. I am going to make money out of the story. I am not divulging it. Nobody knows about it yet.