Former Big Brother Naija “Pepper Dem” housemate, Ike Onyeama, on Tuesday, said that he was still in a romantic relationship with ex-housemate, Mercy Eke, but yet to be engaged in the traditional way.

Mr. Onyeama, who disclosed this during an interview with Newsmen in Lagos, is also a star of the “Mercy and Ike” show currently streaming on Showmax.

He said the attitude of not posting Mercy’s pictures on his social media space and vice versa was a mere strategy to keep their individual fan base and brands strong.

He noted that they had been very supportive of each other’s businesses as they intentionally minimized posting their individual pictures on their social media handles.

Mr. Onyeama said: “We are still doing our thing, we have not officially done the engagement or moved in together yet, but she comes to my place every other day and I go to her place as well."

“We still go to each other’s house and try not to overdo it, maybe stay the night or two, but not too much, just because of tradition.

When it comes to business, things have gotten a lot better, before it was more like all of us as ex-housemates were in competition with each other, but now, everyone is finding their place and we are all comfortable helping each other out.

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“I will say the Mercy & Ike show was like a blessing because, before the show, we were both focused on our fan base and trying to keep our fan base strong, it was really an idea that promoting one another will weaken our brand.

“Like if I was to promote Mercy, it will weaken my brand or if she was to promote my brand it will weaken her brand, that is the kind of idea people were giving us.

"So, I am now going private, posting just myself and not showing anything about Mercy really calmed things down,” he said.

Mr Onyeama said he had been so busy lately, involved in the promotion of his clothing line, photography, and acting.

He said his dream business was party promotion as he would love to own a club but this had not been possible due to financial constraints.

He noted that the lesson taken from the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown was to be seriously engaged in activities that would drive in multiple streams of income.