Popular sports journalist, Oma Akatugba has claimed that Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye once turned down the advances of a Nigerian billionaire heiress.

Oma said the incident happened when Okoye was still playing for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch league.

He explained that he visited the goalkeeper and he saw a message from a billionaire’s daughter after he showed him his phone.

The journalist said he tried to convince Okoye to give the billionaire’s daughter a chance by informing him that she was from a wealthy background but the goalkeeper stated that the lady wasn’t his ideal woman.

On his X handle, Oma wrote, “On day I was at Maduka’s place while he was still  living in Holland, and he showed me his phone. He had a message from the daughter of a Nigerian billionaire. I screamed, ‘Bro, this one ma big fish o!’ He laughed and said, ‘Yeah, but she’s not really in my league beauty-wise.’”

UGAMATV reports that many Nigerian women publicly express their admiration for Maduka Okoye after his debut for the Super Eagles in 2019. The ladies praised his looks and physique.

Okoye eventually came out to say he had a girlfriend after the advances became too much.

Maduka Okoye is in a long-term relationship with Dutch model Jelicia Westhoff. The couple have a son named Isaiah Emil Okoye.