Popular Nigerian singer Stanley Omah Didia better known as Omah Lay, has opened up about his spiritual journey, revealing that he contemplated converting to Islam despite being born into a Christian household.
Omah Lay made this known in an interview with media personality Wunmi Bello, which went viral on Thursday.
He said, “As soon as I made money, I just switched; I just believed in God and became more human than religious. I don’t just enjoy religion anymore.”
He discussed his upbringing in a Christian home and extensive time spent in church. He considered converting to Islam but ultimately arrived at a different spiritual outlook.
According to Omah Lay, he values a direct connection with God rather than adhering to a particular religious: “doctrine.
He said, “I grew up in a Christian home. I spent a lot of time in church. And at some point, I was going to convert to Islam. But now I’m at the point where it’s just me and God, not religion. Because I don’t know anything about religion, that’s the problem.
“These holy books and what everybody is saying, I know it sounds true, but these are just books that I can not find evidence that God or his servants wrote this.
“So, I just feel like I don’t know anything in as much as I know the bible, Jesus and Allah. But at the end, I don’t have evidence. The only evidence I have is that there’s a God who is moving me. I know that there must be something that’s somewhere that’s in charge of this whole thing. I believe it’s God.”
