Nigerian singer Chidinma Ekile has revealed that she tried to leave Nigeria for good before she moved from secular music to gospel. She made the revelation at a recent Eezee Conceptz event.
She said she travelled abroad and began processing her documents so she would not have to return, but her plans failed. Chidinma says she ran away from Nigeria and began processing her papers because her life had stalled
“Like my life was just at a standstill. I’ll tell you for a fact, I travelled as I ran away from Nigeria. In fact, I was processing my papers not to come back to Nigeria. For some reason, it didn’t work,” she said. 
Then Eezee Conceptz CEO phoned her from Nigeria and gave her the strength to come home
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Chidinma thanked the CEO of Eezee Conceptz for encouraging her during that period. She said he was the only person who called her from Nigeria. His consistent calls helped her find the strength to return home.
“Funny enough, he was the only one who was calling me from Nigeria. We kept talking, and he kept encouraging me, and I just found the strength to come back to Nigeria,” she said.
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Chidinma Ekile asked the CEO for a gospel contract so she could spend time with God, and he offered terms her lawyer compared to charity
After she returned, Chidinma asked the CEO for a gospel music contract because she wanted to spend time with God.
“When I came back, I asked him to give me a gospel music contract because I want to spend time with God. And he gave me a contract that even my lawyer said seemed like a charity,” she said.
Her desire for a deeper relationship with God, not an ambition to sing gospel, drove her decision to switch genres
The singer explained that her desire to build a deeper relationship with God drove her decision to embrace gospel music. She did not start with an ambition to make gospel songs.
Her account sheds light on the personal journey that led to her transition from secular music to gospel.
Story written by Oluwatoyin Ololade, edited by Sola Sanusi.
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