Yvonne Nelson, a well-known actress from Ghana, has made allegations against her Nigerian colleague, Tonto Dikeh, claiming that she was the cause of her breakup with the famous singer, Iyanya.
Ever since Yvonne, a 37-year-old mother of one, released her recently published book titled “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson,” a flurry of accusations has been circulating.
Previously, Yvonne had made claims that she was impregnated by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie in 2010, but he denied any responsibility, resulting in her decision to terminate the pregnancy.
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Regarding her relationship with Nigerian singer Iyanya, their separation was attributed to his unfaithfulness with actress Tonto Dikeh.
Yvonne fondly described her time with the singer as a fairytale romance, complete with breakfast in bed and other romantic gestures. She even believed that their love was eternal when he got a tattoo of her initials, YN, on his wrist.
The whole chapter chapter 10 was dedicated to Iyanya. An excerpt from the book read:
“We had a decent relationship. breakfast in bed and all the niceties of a dream relationship one could think of. I had the assurance that he was someone I could be with forever. He tattooed my initials, YN, on his wrist, and I thought that was a big deal. If he wasn’t serious about me he wouldn’t do that. In his hit song, “Ur Waist”, he mentioned how he lusted over me”.
Yvonne Nelson added that their relationship took a drastic turn when someone called to tell her that each time she left Iyanya’s house, another actress usually visits and sometimes spent the night.
In her stories, she claimed that the actress in question turned out to be Tonto Dikeh, who was also mentioned in Iyanya’s song “Ur Waist” alongside her name.
“One can therefore imagine my shock when I returned to Ghana after one of my visits to Nigeria and someone called me from his house.
The caller said anytime I left Iyanya’s place, another actress came over to him and sometimes slept over. The person felt strongly that there was something going on between them and thought I should know. That actress turned out to be Tonto Dikeh of Nigeria, one of the female celebrities Iyanya named in his “Ur Waist” song.”
“When I was convinced about the authenticity of the information I reccived, I was heartbroken. I took to Twitter to rant and vent. Tonto Dikeh responded on Twitter, saying people changed and so did feelings, so I should move on”.
Further revelations in Yvonne’s memoir shed light on additional incidents involving Iyanya and some of his female crew members, solidifying her belief that what occurred between him and Tonto Dikeh was not an isolated incident. Read on:
“I later heard more stories about what Iyanya did with some of his female crew members. It convinced me that what happened between him and Tonto Dikeh wasn’t an isolated incident. It was a pattern, his way of life. I knew I eventually would have left even if Tonto Dikeh hadn’t come into the picture. I did not see the need to keep fighting her for a man I had lost, especially when I knew her fate was not going to be different from mine.”
However, it is one thing knowing that there is a good reason to leave and it is another world of hell to accept the decision psychologically and emotionally: It is often easy to convince the mind, but the heart lacks understanding. The heart would often want to be left alone to do things its own way. That was my ordeal during the break up with Iyanya. For two months, I cried inconsolably. A friend of mine got irritated at a point. She didn’t understand why a “whole” me would brood so long over a man who had betrayed my love.
My efforts to forget about the issue were undermined by the insane interest the media in Nigeria and Ghana developed in our break-up…
Reacting to the memoir, Iyanya took to social media to tweet: “Omo”. See screenshot below:
The much talked about romance between Kukere master, Iyanya and Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, hit the rocks in 2015 after the pair began dating in July 2012 and were spotted together at several functions.