According to Okey Bakassi, polygamy is the ideal type of marriage in Africa.
According to renowned Nigerian comedian and actor Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, better known by his stage name Okey Bakassi, monogamy is failing in the region and polygamy is a better type of marriage for Africans.
In an interview with the Honest Bunch Podcast, Bakassi aired his opinions, saying that many monogamous couples are only acting content.
“Forget all the lip service we pay to polygamy here,” he remarked. I continue to believe that polygamy is the ideal type of African marriage. Monogamy isn’t effective.
“We’re acting. What distinguishes monogamy from polygamy, then? You can marry two persons at the same time, according to polygamy. According to monogamy, you must let go of one in order to marry them both at the same time. What if you’re unwilling to part with one?
Similarly, it has been controversially asserted by Nollywood legend Stephen Alajemba, better known by his stage name Uwaezuoke, that it is wicked to have fewer than three spouses.
Men who have one or two marriages run the risk of being poisoned by their spouses, he cautioned.
Alajemba clarified in an interview with Ugwumba TV that “having one or two wives is a sin.” However, you will be sinless if you marry three or four people. Your life is in danger if you just have one wife. Security is responsible for the director’s safety. Two wives will plot to poison you if you have two.
However, if you have three or more wives, you will only be supporting them and they will all be on their own. You will alternate using their bedrooms and meals.
