Nigerian music producer and singer, Olumide Ogunade better known as ID Cabasa has opened up on the online drama between his friend, 9ive, and his ex-wife, Toni Payne.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, ID Cabasa revealed that he was heartbroken when the whole drama was happening.
He disclosed that 9ice is the type of person, who isolates people when in the face of drama as the singer had isolated me while the drama between him and his ex-wife was happening.
He stated that if he was in the picture during that time, then the whole drama wouldn’t have happened.
ID Cabasa described the whole thing as the most painful episode as Seun (Toni Payne) was a nice woman and both of them were good together.
Although both parties have moved on from the drama and are doing well in their individual life and are best friends.
However, he is giving an insight into the drama and how furious he was he was when he heard of it, especially with 9ice.
“Definitely I was heartbroken! You know 9ice and I before the whole thing happened, I think that’s the way the devil works, he will isolate you. I think a lot of things happened that to date I can tell you 9ice cannot sit down and say this was what happened between Cabasa and I. Because I was in the whole picture, what happened wouldn’t have happened.
It’s one of the most painful episodes in all of this. Because Seun was 9ice and 9ice was Seun. Both of them were good together. By the way, both of them are still very fine now. Ah! They’re ‘padis’ now. And thank God 9ice is married to a very beautiful soul again. Seun is doing fine and Zion too is doing very well. But that particular episode, I’ll give some insights today which probably I’ve never shared with anyone. When I heard that all of that stuff happened, I was angry, majorly with 9ice. Because I felt in my head that look, guy, you’re one of the luckiest that I see around here. This babe is your friend blah blah blah. When they told me the things that happened, none of these things had the potential of even causing (the problem)”.
9ice and Toni Payne failed marriage
Recall that the ‘Gongo aso’ crooner, 9ice, got married to Toni Payne in 2008 but the relationship hit the rock in 2010, after being married for a year.
Their divorce was enmeshed in controversies and accusations of infidelity.
Their short-lived marriage however produced a son, Zion, who currently lives with his mum.
While 9ice sought succor in the arms of other women including, Olasunkanmi Ajala, who has a daughter for him, Toni, who was once 9ice’ manager, remained a single parent. She at one point also worked as a manager to popular musician Olamide.
Toni Payne responds to 9ice’s 6-year-late apology
In 2016, after 10 years of separation, 9ice tendered an apology to Toni.
He officially clarified that Toni Payne never cheated on him and that their marriage failed due to other reasons.
In her response to his statement, an exonerated Toni Payne, who had suffered scorn, especially on social media over the allegation that she cheated on
the singer while they were married, expressed her joy and happiness.
9ice is the only man that broke my heart – Toni Payne
Speaking out about their marriage, Toni Payne revealed that it cost her a lot.
In a series of tweets, Payne admitted she and 9ice are not destined to be together, even though they have a child together.
She stated that 9ice is the only man who has broken her heart.