'I didn’t intentionally marry four wives. It was God’s design' - Actor Jide Kosoko
The movie veteran recounts how he became a polygamist.
Nigerian movie star Jide Kosoko [Credit - Pinterest]
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The movie star made this known during a chat with Vanguard.
“I never envisaged being a polygamist though I am a product of one. My parents didn’t support it either. My first wife was a businesswoman. I craved for somebody who was in the same field as me," he said.
![The movie veteran recount how he became a polygamist. [Punch]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'470'%20height%3D'283'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The movie veteran recount how he became a polygamist. [Punch]")
The movie veteran recount how he became a polygamist. [Punch]
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"In those days, the best advice you can get is from your better half and that was how the second woman came to be. Along the line, I lost the two to childbirths within 11 months interval. I had seven children at that time, so I didn’t plan remarrying or having more children again."
"But after much persuasion from my doctor and relatives, I decided to have a woman with the agreement of not having more children but a complete African woman will not agree to that. One thing led to the other and I got two women again. So being a polygamist is not intentional but God’s design which I do not have a right over.”
![Jide Kosoko and his daughters, Sola and Bidemi [Instagram/Jide Kosoko]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'333'%20height%3D'333'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Jide Kosoko and his daughters, Sola and Bidemi [Instagram/Jide Kosoko]")
Jide Kosoko and his daughters, Sola and Bidemi [Instagram/Jide Kosoko]
Jide Kosoko and his daughters, Sola and Bidemi [Instagram/Jide Kosoko]
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Born in 1954, Kosoko is a Nigerian actor, director and producer.
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He started his acting career in the 1970s.
He has since gone on to become one of the most popular faces in the Nigerian movie industry.
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