Actress Mercy Aigbe explains why she married her latest husband, Kazim Adeoti

Nigerian actress, Mercy Aigbe in an interview monitored by Ripples Nigeria has explained why she decided to marry businessman, Kazim Adeoti.

Speaking during a session on MediaRoomHub, the actress explained that she did not marry Adeoti because of his money. She stated that she is financially stable, therefore, she has no reason to pursue a man because of his proficiency as a wealthy man.

The actress eulogized Adeoti, stating that she married him because of what she has for him.

Aigbe had this to say, “I am not poor to start with. I work very hard, and I wonder why people don’t see my hard work.”

The actress who instigated controversy on social media after she unveiled Adeoti as her newest husband stated further, “I’m one of the most misunderstood people.

“I work so hard and hardly sleep. I have assets—my child is abroad and I pay school fees in dollars.

“I change naira to dollars, and I have been doing that before I got married. I don’t know how people got that notion that I married because of money,” she said.

Aigbe said they complement each other and as such wouldn’t describe herself as a gold digger.

“We complement each other, so I also brought something to the table—it’s not like I just walked into the relationship without any value. I’m not a gold-digger, I work hard for my money,” she continued.

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“All those influencing jobs you see me do, I charge huge sums of money—and my store is also the most followed on Instagram, so I make a lot of money from that too,” she added.

“I have over 10 million followers on Instagram. I have been doing business for years. I am the first set of people that made so much money from influencing before it became very common and we made a lot of money. People are always judgmental; they don’t know the true picture.”

Kazim said he has been friends with Aigbe for over ten years as business partners before they started dating.

Listen to the session below.

 

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