Late Lady of Songs, Christy Essien Igbokwe’s husband, Chief Edwin Igbokwe has broken his silence, explaining why he decided to remarry barely three years after the death of his wife of 31 years.

Chief Igbokwe secretly got married to actress Oluchi Philip, who is believed to be in her 40s. The couple had both their traditional marriage and white wedding recently in Anambra State.

The new union is said to have created a storm within the Igbokwe family as the children of the late singer boycotted the ceremonies because they were reportedly not happy with their father’s decision to remarry barely three years after the demise of their mum. But in a chat with HVP, Chief Igbokwe explained why he decided to remarry. According to him, “I thought I could stay alone but I discovered it wasn’t possible.

It would have been terrible if people start seeing different women around me. I wanted a responsible situation and moreover, I want to live longer. My feeling at a point was; what am I still doing here? But we are not God. Life must go on.

On how he met his new actress wife, Igbokwe said, “I knew her father before the civil war. It was after the war that he got married to his wife. She was born after the war.

I also met her mother when her father died. Even when my mother died many years ago, they paid me a condolence visit from their place. That was when her mother introduced her to me. It was my late wife who received them when they visited us in Awka.

She knew her then, but there was nothing between us. I granted an interview where I said ‘there is no way I can get married again,’ but it happened with the passage of time.”