Nigerian musician, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk aka Iyanya recounts how he almost committed suicide due to bankruptcy in 2020.

The singer narrated how he lost his house and was staying in hotels but wasn’t able to pay his hotels bill at some point.

All this happened when he had a fallout with his former management, Temple management which dragged him to court over a car theft case.

The management had alleged that he stole the company car and took him to court.

Iyanya reveled this while featuring as a guest in the latest episode of the ‘Tea With Tay’ podcast hosted by actor, Temisan Emmanuel Ahwieh.

He said, ”I got to a point where I was like, mehn, I need to start touring. That was a crazy period for me. Guess what, two days after my last court case, COVID-19 started. I was stalked. I was in a hotel. My house was gone. I was in the hotel for a very long time. It got to one point, I couldn’t pay for the hotel bills anymore.

“The owner of the hotel is such a great human being. I have never seen a such an amazing human being like that. He allowed me stay there. His name is Alaba. He allowed me stay there for over a year. COVID literally caught up with me there. So, imagine not doing shows. Not touring for over a year, no inflow, and you are in court for the whole year. And then finally, it’s looking like the court case is finishing, then lockdown.

“I was in that hotel throughout the lockdown. I almost committed suicide. The manager stopped me one time. All of that stuff. Madness, man.”