I decide how I live my life, Mercy Johnson tells critics

Ace Nigerian actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie, who is expecting her third child, has replied those criticising her over the frequency of her childbirths.

The actress revealed in a recent interview that she was expecting her third child and and that the fourth is coming soon.

The Lagos-born star has been in the eye of numerous family planning discussions on and off social media for having two children in a space of two years, and even expecting a third.

“Yes, I’m expecting my third child and I am a married person, so I don’t get that people should be asking me why. I understand the ethics of spacing kids but I’m a married person and an adult,” she told Goldmyne TV.

“I can decide the way I want to live my life. So yes, I am having my third baby very soon, thank you so much for the good wishes.

“Thank you so much for the hate speeches but save some of the hate speeches because the fourth will soon come to round it up then you can show your anger then but for now it’s good news let’s celebrate.”

Speaking about combining career and motherhood, the 31-year-old said it is just a matter of priorities and for her, it is family first.

“It’s about sacrifice, scale of preference, which is more important, that is the one you will do. As free as I was six of five years ago, that is not the way it is now; I have responsibilities.

“I have my kids to think about, I have my husband to think of. Even when the jobs keeps coming, I can’t go all out to do them because I have other priorities, so anybody who tells you it won’t affect his or her line, it will certainly affect.”

Johnson got married to Odianosen Okojie on August 27, 2012, giving birth to her first daughter four months later and her second on October 15, 2014.