Veteran actor Adebayo Salami, better known as Oga Bello, has kicked against polygamy.
In an interview with African A-List, he opened up about marrying many wives, saying he isn’t proud of it but has accepted his large family as destiny.
According to him, there were periods when he was uncomfortable with his family’s size, but he eventually came to terms with his situation, which he believes is his fate.
The veteran said he regularly advised his children not to follow in his footsteps and have polygamous homes.
“There were times I wasn’t proud of it, but now I’ve accepted it as destiny. I have accepted my large family as destiny, but I still warn my children against polygamy because their destiny is not that of Bello”.
He further warned against the dangers of marrying two or three wives, adding that mothers in the last generations really tried.
“There are dangers in marrying two or three wives. Our great mothers even tried, not to talk of children of this generation”.
Elsewhere in the interview, he spoke on the challenges men face in marriages, citing cheating as the major issue in most marriages.
He pointed out that women tend to focus more on their husbands’ unfaithfulness than on other shortcomings they may have.
He said: “Women give men a lot of problems. We, men, don’t really give women problems. If you bring ten couples who have issues together, like eight will talk about cheating. Even if the man is very responsible, she won’t look at that. She can even condone the irresponsibility but not cheating.
“There were times I wasn’t proud of polygamy, but now I’ve accepted it as destiny. I have accepted my large family as destiny, but I still warn my children against polygamy because their destiny is not that of Bello.
There are dangers in marrying two or three wives. Our great mothers even tried, not to talk of children of this generation.”