How I Convinced Adesua To Let Me Go Into Politics — Banky Wellington 

 Nigerian actor, singer and film director, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has revealed that his wife and colleague, Adesua Etomi. 

In a post on Instagram, Banky W, who is contesting for the House of Representatives seat for the Eti-Osa constituency on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in an Instagram post, noted that his wife always hated politics. 

According to him, when he began talking about the burden he had to run for office, she cautioned him that politics in Nigeria is dirty and dangerous. 

He said, “I’m sure you can imagine how she felt. She said; ‘Banky I know you, and I know your heart. And if you’re given an opportunity, I’m sure you would do a great job and make a difference. But politics in Nigeria is dirty and dangerous. And I don’t want anything to soil you or harm you’. 

“My response was that our politics will always remain dirty and dangerous if the good people always avoid it. If the people who truly care about the state of our country don’t begin to participate in politics then we will never turn things around. We have to move past pointing fingers and complaining…to doing something about it.” 

From then on, he said, he and his wife did a lot of talking and praying together, and thank God she finally agreed. 

“So I began this journey. One that I would never have been able to withstand if she didn’t stand with me. The life of a genuine public servant is tough. And it’s tough on your spouse too. 

“There’s so much required of you, your time, talent and treasure. Your sacrifice, tough skin and strength. Your faith and finances. This much is certainly true – truly running for office, with the right intentions, is physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually the most draining thing you could ever do,” he added.