Hate messages to Chioma pressured me to engage her – Davido

Popular singer, Davido, has revealed how his relationship with his fiancée, Chioma affected her and her family in an interview with Ndani TV. Davido and Chioma, who have a son together named Ifeanyi, got engaged in 2019.He revealed Chioma as his girlfriend in the video of his hit song, ‘Assurance’. Since then, Davido disclosed that Chioma has received hate messages from people on social media. According to ‘Fem’ crooner, making his relationship with Chioma public affected her life and their relationship.

Davido said: “After the Assurance video, Chioma received hate messages from people. Her parents even got hatefu messages. It affected our relationship too. Chioma went from being a private person to virtually being extra private person. It affected our relationship a lot then I realized people don’t like something good.

“We started having issues at some point and we decided not to tell anyone anything about us, that’s was when I decided to go offline for a while. Before the ‘Assurance’ video, our relationship was so good. The dynamics between us changed after our relationship became Public. It was like everybody’s relationship and business. I felt pressured at some point to officially do the wedding but now I don’t. At the end of the day it’s between both of us and our families.”

When asked if they would still get married, Davido affirmed that but said it’s not the right time. According to him, “We would get married but not now. We are trying to make the foundation solid and I’m so happy now that Chioma is focused on making money. We are not riding on the wave that people want this for us.”