Pictures of them hanging out together have emerged and fans are commenting on how they look alike, so much so they were instantly reminded of Dami Hope from season 8 when Martin entered the Casa Amor villa.
Both being Irish from Dublin, roughly the same age and having a Nigerian heritage is as far it goes in commonality for the two handsome gents as according to the Sun, they are just friends.
Dami introduced Martin to a lot of the season 8 boys, and also gave him advice when he was going into the house.

Who is Martin Akinola?
Martin Akinola, 27, entered Love’s Island’s Casa Amor villa as a bombshell on Day 28 of Season 9 of the dating show. He is a software engineer from Dublin Ireland who has his eyes set on Tanya.
His Instagram handle is @mart1n.jr.