AT LAST: SEE What Mercy Aigbe Says About Her Alleged Romance With Gov. Rotimi Amaechi

There were rumours about popular

Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe-Gentry

having love affair with Rivers State

governor, Rotimi Amaechi.


In a recent interview with Encomium

Yoruba movie actress and the mother of

two refuted all the gossips about her

close relationships with Gov. Rotimi

Amaechi...Read Excrepts..


What’s the relationship between you

and Rivers State governor, Rotimi

Amaechi?


I only know him to be Rivers State

governor, and from his performances so

far, he has proved himself to be very

sensitive when it comes to the plight of

his people. He has worked tirelessly to

give them good roads, improved

healthcare, etc. He has also alleviated

poverty in the state. That much I know

because I have family and friends who

live in the state, and I hear from them

regularly the way he governs the state.


And how people sing his praises.

Although, I have not had the privilege of

meeting him in person, I have heard

much about his achievements since he

became the governor of the state.

But it was rumoured that you collected

N5m from him to feature at the 2014

Children’s Day celebration in the state.


What’s your reaction to that?


There is no iota of truth in it. I never at

a point collected a kobo from him. I don’t

even know him one-on-one. The rumour

also has it that both of you are in a

sizzling romance, that’s’ why you were

invited to the May 27, 2014

celebration? It’s not just untrue but

laughable.


But were you truly the only actress

invited for the ceremony and did you

actually attend?


I wasn’t the only one invited. What

happened was that there was a book

reading session organized by Best of

Nollywood in conjunction with the Rivers

State government, and celebrities were

invited, among whom Alex Ekubo, Yomi

Fash Lanso, Dayo Amusa, Olaitan

Ogunbele and others. I was also invited

but I was out of the country then. So, I

couldn’t attend. I think it was the

initiative of Rivers State government. I

wasn’t the only actress invited for the

programme. So, I don’t know what could

have informed such rumour.