Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Ejekwu — widely known as Sabinus — recently revealed that his father was initially opposed to his decision to pursue comedy.
In a candid interview with VJ Adams, Sabinus explained that his father had always wanted him to become a lawyer. Sabinus said, “At first, my dad never wanted me to be what I am today; he wanted me to be a lawyer.”
After repeated attempts to gain admission into a law programme failed, Sabinus instead enrolled in Linguistics and Communication Studies at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).
It was during his time at UNIPORT that Sabinus discovered his knack for comedy, and began creating skits. “It was on the campus that I saw skit making and I decided to try it out,” he recalled.
He admitted that for a while, he tried to hide his comedy career from his father. According to him:
“After I graduated, my dad never knew I was a comedian because I was hiding it. It was one more year after school that he started seeing me on comedy show posters. My sisters confirmed to him that I was into comedy. He was very furious. He fumed, ‘Which comedy? Stupid business. Look at the boy I sent to become a lawyer.’”
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