Mercy Eke Opens Up on Motherhood, Marriage, and Defying Expectations

Mercy Eke, a former participant in the Big Brother Naija reality show, has openly discussed a condition that could potentially deter her from marriage. She stated that she would not consider getting married if she had a child born out of wedlock.

Eke revealed that she has been facing pressure from her mother to marry. She shared that she had contemplated the idea of having a child through surrogacy as a potential solution to the pressure.

During a recent interview with media personality Hero Daniels, she expressed her thoughts:

"I had said that I was gonna buy a baby. Not like buying a baby. Just get someone, take my eggs, get someone to be a sperm donor, hire a surrogate, and have a beautiful baby.

That is what I was thinking because of my mum and her village people. She's always going from one traditional wedding to another. You know, when you had gone to one thousand traditional weddings, they are now asking, 'When is your daughter doing her own?' I said, 'Mummy, nobody should pressure me.'

So, I was like I could just have a baby. Happiness is happiness anywhere you find it. If you wanna give birth, you wanna get it elsewhere. That's why I love Westerners. They just do what they like. Unlike where people would want you to be a certain way. But right now, I love that people, especially women, are doing what they like, however they deem fit.

Now, that marriage sef. It's like I go just carry belle, born, and rest. And, once I have a baby outside of marriage, I am not getting married again. Because the kind of love I will give to that baby, I will not love any man again. All my love, I will give it to my baby. So, I've only one relationship left in me."

In this interview, Mercy Eke candidly shares her perspective on marriage, motherhood, and the pressures she faces from traditional expectations.