Shina Peters denies reports about sleeping with a hundred women

Veteran Fuji musician, Sir Shina Peters has denied reports that he slept with a hundred women whose names he still remembers.

The performer who allegedly made the claims in an interview with YNaija, has denied the reports saying he never said such a thing.

Speaking with Punch, the 58-year-old multi-instrumentalist, said: “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 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.”