In a chat with
Sun newspaper, Veteran actor Akin Lewis opened up on how his first marriage of
20 years got dissolved. He also talked about coping with female fans.
Sun newspaper, Veteran actor Akin Lewis opened up on how his first marriage of
20 years got dissolved. He also talked about coping with female fans.
Failed marriage:
“Hmmm, my saddest
moment was when my first marriage broke up. For 27 years, I never knew the kind
of woman she was. When the marriage was 20 years, she dissolved it, not that I
dissolved it. My wife actually dissolved the marriage. I couldn’t believe my eyes
and ears. Up till today, we still couldn’t unravel what was the cause. I
couldn’t till today. My wife just woke up one day and said she’s no longer
interested in the marriage. A mother of four children, it’s just like a dream
to me”
moment was when my first marriage broke up. For 27 years, I never knew the kind
of woman she was. When the marriage was 20 years, she dissolved it, not that I
dissolved it. My wife actually dissolved the marriage. I couldn’t believe my eyes
and ears. Up till today, we still couldn’t unravel what was the cause. I
couldn’t till today. My wife just woke up one day and said she’s no longer
interested in the marriage. A mother of four children, it’s just like a dream
to me”
Female admirers:
“If you should ask this
question in the presence of my friends, they will tell you that I always run
away from them because I fear women a lot. I have a lot of female admires. I’ve
had a lot of propositions, and you won’t believe it, its like If I start taking
these propositions, I won’t be able to have this interview because I would have
been a dead man today. I remember the scripture saying ‘man does not live by
bread alone’ I admire all my female fans and I am grateful that they are my
fans. God bless them all.
question in the presence of my friends, they will tell you that I always run
away from them because I fear women a lot. I have a lot of female admires. I’ve
had a lot of propositions, and you won’t believe it, its like If I start taking
these propositions, I won’t be able to have this interview because I would have
been a dead man today. I remember the scripture saying ‘man does not live by
bread alone’ I admire all my female fans and I am grateful that they are my
fans. God bless them all.
Aaaaah, one came over
from England, people that know about this story will be smiling as they read
this. I knew her from my facebook page where we all used to chat as fans. But I
never knew how she got my phone number. She would call and send me series of
text messages and I will respond because I had to be nice to everyone. One day,
the lady just landed suddenly in Nigeria with her bags and everything. She
called me and said ‘dear I have landed in Nigeria, I have a party to attend and
I’ve gotten all you needed to go to the party with me’. I was just shaking. At
a point, I didn’t know what to do. I asked her, ‘what do you want from me?
from England, people that know about this story will be smiling as they read
this. I knew her from my facebook page where we all used to chat as fans. But I
never knew how she got my phone number. She would call and send me series of
text messages and I will respond because I had to be nice to everyone. One day,
the lady just landed suddenly in Nigeria with her bags and everything. She
called me and said ‘dear I have landed in Nigeria, I have a party to attend and
I’ve gotten all you needed to go to the party with me’. I was just shaking. At
a point, I didn’t know what to do. I asked her, ‘what do you want from me?
I didn’t know you
before, there is nothing between us more than you are one of my friends on
facebook’ I was so scared that I asked ‘what kind of life is this?’ I believed
it was a setup to destroy my name. I just told her ‘sorry I can’t go to the
party’. But she kept pestering me. When she didn’t want me to rest, I fought
her, and I told her she must be mad with all her actions. She angrily fought
back, saying lots of things to me. She mentioned one name which happened to be
her friend. From what she said, I knew that she and her friend had taken a bet
over me as to who gets me first. Can you imagine I didn’t even know when she
went back to England? My friends started calling me ‘FF’ from that period.
Whenever we hear ‘FF’ we will start laughing because it’s a crazy story that I
can never forget.”
before, there is nothing between us more than you are one of my friends on
facebook’ I was so scared that I asked ‘what kind of life is this?’ I believed
it was a setup to destroy my name. I just told her ‘sorry I can’t go to the
party’. But she kept pestering me. When she didn’t want me to rest, I fought
her, and I told her she must be mad with all her actions. She angrily fought
back, saying lots of things to me. She mentioned one name which happened to be
her friend. From what she said, I knew that she and her friend had taken a bet
over me as to who gets me first. Can you imagine I didn’t even know when she
went back to England? My friends started calling me ‘FF’ from that period.
Whenever we hear ‘FF’ we will start laughing because it’s a crazy story that I
can never forget.”
Closest shave with
death:
death:
“Yes, a lot of times, I
can give you two instances. I grew up in the northern part of Nigeria. I could
remember vividly just before the civil war when Igbo were being killed. You
know, I look like an Igbo with the marks on the sides of my face. Immediately
you see me, you will assume I’m Igbo. One day, they took me and then tied me
up. They later laid me down and their boss commanded I should be killed. The
executioner came and started reciting Arabic incantation on me before he could
kill me. But immediately my mother heard about it she came running and started
shouting ‘he’s my son, he is not any Igbo’. When they heard her from afar they
paused to check where the noise was coming from.”
can give you two instances. I grew up in the northern part of Nigeria. I could
remember vividly just before the civil war when Igbo were being killed. You
know, I look like an Igbo with the marks on the sides of my face. Immediately
you see me, you will assume I’m Igbo. One day, they took me and then tied me
up. They later laid me down and their boss commanded I should be killed. The
executioner came and started reciting Arabic incantation on me before he could
kill me. But immediately my mother heard about it she came running and started
shouting ‘he’s my son, he is not any Igbo’. When they heard her from afar they
paused to check where the noise was coming from.”
“When my mother got
there, they saw she was having Yoruba tribal marks on her face; that was how I
was saved from death. The story always touches my heart anytime I remember it.
The second time was when I was in Europe. Immediately I finished my exams and
was going home, my friends said ‘Akin, lets go and enjoy ourselves to celebrate
the success of the exams’. So, we decided to go to the seaside. The sea was
very far so we decided to take a night express.”
there, they saw she was having Yoruba tribal marks on her face; that was how I
was saved from death. The story always touches my heart anytime I remember it.
The second time was when I was in Europe. Immediately I finished my exams and
was going home, my friends said ‘Akin, lets go and enjoy ourselves to celebrate
the success of the exams’. So, we decided to go to the seaside. The sea was
very far so we decided to take a night express.”
“As we were going, we
saw a drunk soldier who threatened to kill us and we started running. Every
cabin we tried to open and hide ourselves was locked. Eventually we broke into
one and hid ourselves but the soldier came and met us there, saying to himself,
‘should I kill them all or what?’ There’s no way he would kill us all without
also killing the white man among us. Within few minutes, we saw two fully armed
soldiers looking for him. Though, we couldn’t know the end of the story as they
whisked him away, we couldn’t sleep till daybreak. That was how I escaped from
death again. I am a destiny child; God sent me to this world for a purpose, my
God is so wonderful to me.”
saw a drunk soldier who threatened to kill us and we started running. Every
cabin we tried to open and hide ourselves was locked. Eventually we broke into
one and hid ourselves but the soldier came and met us there, saying to himself,
‘should I kill them all or what?’ There’s no way he would kill us all without
also killing the white man among us. Within few minutes, we saw two fully armed
soldiers looking for him. Though, we couldn’t know the end of the story as they
whisked him away, we couldn’t sleep till daybreak. That was how I escaped from
death again. I am a destiny child; God sent me to this world for a purpose, my
God is so wonderful to me.”