At a time, I was based in England but I got an invite from the Federal Government to come back to Nigeria for FESTAC 77. So, we were having a management meeting for a play, Wole Soyinka’s ‘Jero Metamorphosis,’ when a young lady (Joke Silva) walked in. Immediately she walked in, something inside me told me that she was going to be my wife and I told the people around me that I was going to marry her. That was in 1981. In 1986, we got married.
Before I met my wife, I was not in a relationship. I had a disappointment that kept me away and I never wanted any serious commitment because the wound was still raw. At a time, I was with someone I thought we would be one but it did not happen. But when I met this new lady, we talked and played a lot and it surprised people a lot. We travelled to- gether many times as well.
When it was time to purpose to her, I did not hesitate and i t was as if she was waiting for the question as well. I proposed to her in Tunisia because we were shooting a film, ‘Ashanti.’ She came to join me there on her way to England and I asked her to marry me.
I did not fall for just her beauty; I loved the whole package and immediately I knew she was my wife. I said it and she looked at me ‘up and down’ but I did not care.
