"No Man Can Handle Me Apart From My Husband" — Omotola Ekeinde

Nollywood star actress, Omotola Ekeinde has opened up on why she has remained married to the same man after over 18 years.

The mother of 4 tells Vanguard that her decision is hinged on the fact that no other man can handle her apart from her husband.

She also spoke on the controversy that trailed her comment about those trekking for our leaders. Asked if she would have been married if she hadn’t married early, the actress said; 

“I don’t think so, because I don’t think there is any man that can handle me apart from my husband. Not because I am a bad person, it is because I am a very strong personality. I can understand why a lot of female artistes find it very difficult to find the right person. 

When you achieve some kind of success, you become really confused as to who really loves you for who you are. It’s not really easy, it is very hard finding those people who really love you. If you are not a very grounded person, you can also contribute in some kind of way to your own problems and so I might have contributed to my own problems.”

On the controversy that trailed her comment about those trekking for our leader

“Really, I am not against any kind of sport. It is okay if you want to do anything. My point is, it’s either you do it for nothing and say “I am having fun” or you do it for something reasonable. 

Don’t just do it for something that pisses people off. People ask if it is my business. It is my business because we are glorifying these people that are hurting us. If for example, I say I am trekking to celebrate a Boko Haram member,everyone will pounce on me. Why should I celebrate that? 

Recently, people were angry because Time Magazine said the Boko Haram leader is one of the most influential people, but they forgot that they are talking about influence and not that he is being celebrated. 

I was shocked that people didn’t understand what I was trying to say. What I meant was that, at this point in time when we are going through so much and we are trying to let these people know we are suffering, putting all our energies into making them feel like kings is not cool. The truth of the matter is that you are probably trekking because you don’t have fuel anyway.”