Shina Peters: Only a mad man will say I slept with 100 women

During the past week, reports surfaced online claiming that Sir Shina Peters, Afro juju star, said women took advantage of him as a youth.

The article also reported that the veteran musician claimed to have had sexual relations with 100 women.

In an interview with Punch on Saturday, the 58-year-old artiste debunked the claims, saying: “My friends and I were sitting down discussing about some young artistes and they were criticising them. I told them not to criticise the young singers because they would outgrow whatever they are doing now.

“I told them that it was youthful exuberance and that someone like me could relate with it because I had passed through more than what they are facing. I did not even mention anything about women. It is only a mad man that will say that I slept with 100 women.

“Even if I did, is it something to be proud of? I never made any statement like that. It is okay but it is part of the price you pay for stardom and the matter is between God and the person who wrote the story.”

The Ogun indigene recounted his experience with bad press, describing it as the price he has to pay for stardom.

“The price that I have paid for stardom is very high. I have had an unfair share of bad press but they are still my friends because we cannot do without them.

“Some asked why I did not refute the story immediately and I replied that other journalists would still come and I would explain my own part of the story.

“People have published stories that I have been arrested for fraud. Ironically I had a show which was arranged by the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the late Ibru was in attendance. When the man was driving to the venue, he heard the news that I was arrested for fraud but when he got to the hall, he saw me. When he asked me, I explained to him that it was one of those things.”

Peters, who is the father of Clarence Peters, music producer and director, was popular in the 90s after the release of his first album ‘Ace’.

“All I can say is that may the almighty God forgive the person because I am not the type of man that talks anyhow,” he said.