Veteran
Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has
said love and marriage remain sacred institutions, stressing that they only
become fraudulent when people enter relationships with hidden financial
motives.
Speaking
in an interview with BBC News Pidgin that went viral on Friday, the actor
criticised the growing trend of treating romantic relationships as a means of
financial gain.
According
to Ike, love is inherently beautiful, but it becomes problematic when one
partner enters a relationship with undisclosed expectations of financial or
material benefits from the other.
“No,
love and marriage is not scam, but there are a few people that are hungry, that
are using relationship as a meal ticket. That’s where it becomes a scam.
“Love
is beautiful. Relationship is beautiful. To find a person who will like you, oh
wow, na sweet matter,” he said.
He
described such behavior as deception and urged Nigerians to be sincere in their
dealings.
Ike
noted that many young women now go into relationships mainly to gain
financially from men.
He
argued that it would be more honest for people with such motives to seek help
directly instead of disguising financial interest as romance.
Emeka
added, “But when you are liking him for an end that he’s not aware of, that is
a scam. Or when you’re liking her for a back end wey she no know say na wetin
you like her for, na the scam be that.
“So
plenty of girls are going to relationship because of what they want to get,
wetin dey wan collect from the man.
“They
should just go and be doing bambiala and be begging for money. Not using
relationship. Relationship is supposed to be sacred.”
He
stressed that love should be the foundation of every successful relationship.
He
called on Nigerians to stop pretending to be in love and to stop reducing
marriage to transactions.
“Love
is a foundation. Love is the pillar of every good relationship. Let’s stop
messing it up in Nigeria. Let’s stop pretending that we’re in love,” he said.
The
actor also spoke on social media’s influence on modern marriages, advising
women not to model their homes after relationships they see online, saying
every marriage is unique.
He
explained that healthy relationships require patience, understanding,
communication, and the willingness to support a partner through challenges.
“Good
girls, no listen to them. Because na the life them they live be that, they come
they make am look like say everybody suppose dey do. Na lie.
“People
endure in relationship. People try to find out the problem of their spouse in
relationship. People try to solve it. People tell their spouses their problems
wey them no know. And the spouse will, like, logically comply. How do you know?
Because you have been following him mentally, and you know how to help him or
help her.”
Ike
warned that most of the failed marriages people see online do not represent
reality, and urged women to focus on building their own homes rather than
comparing them to others.
“Make
Nigerian girls cool down. No dey listen to those women wey their marriage don
scatter, na them full online.
“No
take am go meet your husband for house, go dey follow am up say ‘them say’,
nobody say anything. Your own relationship cannot be the same thing with that
other man. Lai lai, they are not. E fit resemble but no be the same thing.”
He
concluded that Nigerians must protect the integrity of love and marriage by
approaching them with honesty and commitment.
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