Nigerian singer, Inetimi Timaya, popularly known as Timaya, has opened up on his relationship with his senior colleague and veteran singer, Eedris Abdulkareem.

Timaya noted that he and Eedris' personality are different. He claimed that no one fears the veteran because he talks too much.

He made this claim during a recent interview with Naija FM, Lagos, the interview went thus:.

The host: “You and Eedris Abdulkareem are among the artists that people are mostly afraid of picking a fight with.”

Timaya responded: “I don’t talk like Eedris. I don’t behave like him…. Nobody is afraid of him because he talks too much. He has always been a talkative.

“I don’t even want people to be afraid of me. I respect myself so that people will respect me.”

Speaking on his relationship with Eedris, Timaya said:

“I have never had any problem with Eedris. It was just a relationship of the boss and apprentice. I don’t even think he knows my name at that time. I only gave him shutout because he was part of my success story. We don’t have any reason to communicate. When I was serving in his band, he didn’t had any reason to build a relationship with me.

When people are serving you don’t act like you’re tolerating them, treat them like family because you don’t know tomorrow.”