After over five years 9ice finally clears the air about the cheating saga between ex wife Tony Pain & Ruggedman )

In a statement titled "Statement from 9ICE regarding Toni Payne and Once Bitten Twice Shy," popular Nigerian singer, Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has come out to defend his ex-wife, Toni Payne. This became necessary after Payne was trolled on Twitter some days back,

for taking sides with rapper, Ice Prince in his girlfriend, Maima's cheating scandal. After her tweets, she came under a lot of fire from twitter users, who accused her of also having a scandalous affair with another musician, Ruggedman while still married to 9ice, in reference to a song the musician released back in 2010 about a lover who cheated on him with his friend.