By Pascal Oparada
In what appears to be irony and following the surprise expressed by her fans on social media, popular Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji, has stated why she preached celibacy to young people.
A lot of social media users was shocked when Ikeji posted on her blog and social media pages that she was expecting a baby boy from a yet to be identified man.
In her tweet, she said that the reason she espoused celibacy wass because she believed it was not good for young people to be having sex with random people.
“Why I preached celibacy is because it is not good to go around having sex with just anyone until you find someone who is ready and committed to a long-term relationship. I don’t believe it is right to be passing body around until you are ready. I still stand by it,” she said.
The ex-model stirred up a firestorm over the weekend by announcing she is pregnant and sent social media buffs into a frenzy.
Wunderking @wunderkid said “Linda Ikeji played you all preaching the whole “Empower the Lady Girl” campaign as if last it’s not a man that will put a baby inside her. You people better learn!!
Another Twitter user, ALHAJI MUHAMMADU IBN BUHARI @Rouvafe said, her pregnancy is likened to the birth of Jesus since Ikeji has been preaching celibacy to young people.
“If Linda Ikeji has been celibate as she claimed, does that mean our generation is about to witness the birth of another Jesus? Someone explain please, something is not adding up”
MILLION @KINGMILLION said that she did not believe Ikeji would have been impregnated by a man since she had been preaching celibacy.
“So that’s how the angel Gabriel got Linda Ikeji pregnant… Cause I seriously don’t think it is through sex she got that… Nah, it’s can’t be!” she tweeted.
However, popular musician and activist, Charles Oputa popularly called Charley Boy has praised Ikeji for listening to his advice to get pregnant and forget about marriage.
Charley Boy posted a picture of Linda Ikeji sitting on his laps and congratulated the blogger and she has done the right thing.
“That Linda Ikeji is pregnant is no longer news, women are getting pregnant by the hour and some don’t even want the baby. Thank God she listened to my advice, to get pregnant and forget about marriage. You have done the right thing, my girl. Your Mumu suppose Do,” he tweeted.
Ikeji has been linked to a string of celebrities including OAPs Denrele Edun, Dan Foster and a lot of others.
She was slammed by so many people recently when she allegedly said that she did not need any man because she could afford to buy any man of her choice.