VIDEO: Love isn’t a scam, dating for money is – Emeka Ike

Veteran Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has said love and marriage are not scams, arguing that relationships only become fraudulent when people enter them with hidden financial motives.

Speaking in an interview with BBC News Pidgin which started trending on Friday, the actor said genuine love remains beautiful and should be built on sincerity rather than selfish interests or monetary expectations.

He explained that some people treat relationships as a means of survival, describing such behaviour as deceptive.

“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.

Emeka added that a relationship becomes a scam when one partner conceals their true intentions.

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.”

The actor maintained that love remains the foundation of every successful relationship and urged Nigerians to stop pretending to be in love for personal gain.

“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.

He also advised women not to allow social media to shape their expectations of marriage, noting that every relationship is unique and requires patience, understanding and mutual support.

“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.”

He further urged women to focus on building their own marriages instead of comparing them with relationships portrayed online.

“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.”

Watch the video below:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐦, 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐬 – 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐤𝐚 𝐈𝐤𝐞

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