As baby daddy, I’m better than many husbands –Timaya

Hip hop star, Ebitimi Odom popularly known as Timaya , has said that baby

daddies are usually better fathers than many husbands in Nigeria .

Speaking exclusively with Saturday Beats , the ‘ Dem mama ’ crooner fondly

nicknamed Egberi Papa by his teeming fans , said that while many young men ,

who became fathers by impregnating their unmarried lovers show more care to

babies produced through such copulations , many married men lacked the capacity

to show love or affection to their children .

According to the musician,

beyond what many people

actually think , baby daddies , as

men , who father children

without having married the

mothers are often referred to ,

have proven to be better than

those that had consummated

their unions .

“ People fail to understand that

a lot of baby daddies are better

fathers than a lot of husbands .

The kind of role I play in my

children ’ s life , I don ’t think

some husbands do that .

“ I have time for my children , I love my children but some married men don ’ t even

have time for their kids . They don ’ t show their kids love , they don ’ t know what it

means to be a father . It doesn ’ t have anything to do with money ; it ’ s about love

and attention .

“ Even my daughter sometimes wonders why I make babies if I was not ready to

get married yet but I tell her that if I don ’ t make babies then she won’ t be born .

“ My life is in stages , I don ’ t think I want to get married now . It is not something I

would want to venture into for now, ” he said .

While revealing the real reason he mostly wears bathrobes these days , the Bayelsa

State- born artiste, told Saturday Beats the idea is just a new way he found to

express himself without holding anything back .

“ The bathrobe is not a fashion statement . A lot of people know I dress well and

even appreciate my style and fashion sense .

“ The bathrobe thing started one morning when I woke up . I told myself that I am

not trying to impress anybody and that I needed to be me . I am a happy man , I am

fulfilled, I can wear my bathrobe to anywhere . I was on bathrobe during the

Headies Awards and I also travelled from Nigeria to Turkey wearing it too .

“ As humans, we should attain

certain heights in life before taking

certain decisions . It ’ s not like Timaya

does not have clothes and shoes to

wear, it ’ s just a sign of fulfilment .

“ Modern slavery is not about the

white people and what they do to us ,

it is you imprisoning yourself by

trying to impress people and

bothering about what they would say

about you.

“ I don ’ t think any musician has the

kind of clothes I have but I don ’ t have to prove anything to anybody . Young

people try to impress others and that ’ s why their lives are filled with problems, ”

he said