Popular Nigerian media mogul, Linda Ikeji, has confirmed that oil magnate, Sholaye Jeremi, is indeed the father of her baby, Jayce. In an Instagram post where she shared photos of her baby, she revealed that although he is the father of her son, they ate a closed chapter. She went on to share some rather interesting details about her relationship with the Delta-born business man. Ikeji revealed in a detailed write up, that they met and began a romantic relationship in December 2015.
However, what started out as a “whirlwind romance” turned sour as Jeremi reportedly broke up with her in 2016 due to her public status as he claimed he couldn’t deal with it being a very private person himself. According to her, he came back into her life and they tried to make it work and had even started planning their traditional marriage.
The mother of one went on to make it clear she never tried to trap him with a pregnancy as they it wasn’t planned. However, things got weird between them once she took in.
“It wasn’t planned, it just happened; though we talked about having a child together just two months before I fell pregnant. He said something about putting a billionaire baby inside me and I remember jokingly telling him that I’m also a billionaire so our child was going to be a billionaire on both side…and we laughed. But after I fell pregnant, things became extremely weird between us.
We went from talking about the pregnancy and being okay with it; he even suggested I go to Dubai for my pre-natals as he didn’t trust doctors in Nigeria, to literally not talking to each other anymore. Around when I was about three months pregnant, he did come to see my parents and actually became very cool with my dad. They were literally exchanging Whatsapp messages every day. He later agreed to a traditional wedding which he didn’t follow through and then he switched. He began to treat me with so much hate and aggression that I and my family had to cut him off completely.”
However, despite things going sour between them, the celebrity blogger revealed that she has no regrets over how things went between them. She revealed that she is grateful for her child.
I have absolutely no iota of regret meeting Sholaye. Gosh, have you seen Jayce? How can I regret that? God doesn’t make mistakes. If you believe that you’re always led by God like I believe then I have to believe that God led me to this man for whatever reasons best known to Him. I thought God sent him as my life partner but I guess He just used him as a vessel for my greatest blessing. Now his part in my story is over. I know when to put my hands up and surrender.” Ikeji revealed that she opened up about her baby daddy with the hope of clearing the misconceptions surrounding them.