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Johnny Drille denies being in romantic relationship with actress Tomi Ojo

Following the recent disclosure that Nigerian R&B singer, Johnny Drille is married, he has clarified the nature of his relationship with Far From Home star, Tomi Ojo.

The Mavin artiste whose real name is John Ighodaro, dismissed speculations that they are dating and noted that he and Tomi are strictly platonic friends.

It may be recalled that the singer and actress caused rumours to swell when they acted in a romantic manner towards each other in the promotional and main video for his song, ‘Believe Me’.

Johnny Drille shut down the rumours during a recent interview with Hip TV, saying that they are “just friends.”

The ‘How Are You’ crooner who got married secretly, recently marked the one-year anniversary with wife, Rima Tahini, Mavin Records Director of A&R.

Speaking on what his relationship with Tomi, Drille said; “First of all, if you watched the [‘Believe Me’ music] video, you would know that there are two Ojos in the song

One is Wale Ojo, the other one is Tomi Ojo. It was in a way some kind of pun but it seemed to work well together.

“But as regards relationship, Tomi Ojo is an amazing person. She’s fantastic person to work with. She’s very great for the music video. That is the much I can say. That’s all I can say.”