EXPOSED! How Banky W And His Wife Adesua Etomi Allegedly Collected N57M From Buhari Few Weeks To General Elections

Entertainer turned politician, Banky W, has threatened to take legal action over allegation he collected N57million to do public relations for President Muhammadu Buhari. The Modern Democratic Party (MDP) candidate for the Eti-Osa constituency in the House of Representatives made the threat in a series of Twitter posts on Saturday. Banky had earlier declared the suspension of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen as unconstitutional but went on to say the head of the Supreme Court should not have the power to postpone or prevent the (National Judicial Council) from meeting to possibly suspend him.

His intervention in the constitutional crisis involving President Buhari and Justice Onnoghen met negative reactions from critics of the government. A particular Twitter user, identified as Miriam Shehu, accused the singer of converting his Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) to a PR firm that got a N57million contract to promote Buhari. She even claimed to have a picture of Banky and his wife, Adesua Etomi, travelling to Abuja to sign the contract.

Declaring the accusation as completely false, the 37-year-old said he “can’t spend time engaging in a Twitter war with people who clearly don’t care about facts and truth.” Instead, he said he has called his lawyers, and sent screenshots of the “latest lies and slander” used against him. “I hope the people who posted them are prepared to provide PROOF in court,” he tweeted.

Even his wife Adesua Etomi-Wellington added her own voice to the recent drama at hand. She took to Twitter to clear the air on the allegations laid against her and her husband. Here is what she had to say on it; “Miriam, I don’t know u and I will never understand why you have tweeted this lie. My husband and I went to Abuja in December for the 16 days of Activism against gender based violence. A final event was put together by the EU and as influencers, we were invited to attend. We weren’t the only influencers in attendance. See picture below. With date stamp…clearly showing us at the event. A good name is important to me, has always been and that is why you will NEVER find anything that supports a story about me collecting money from ANYONE.My husband has never collected a dime to support Buhari. There is nothing to substantiate what you have written and I’m racking my brain about why you would write this. I’m saddened too. More because it is a huge lie but life has taught me that time reveals ALL THINGS.

“If a picture of a husband and his wife on a flight to Abuja is all it takes for someone to write something so untruthful and have people believe it, then we are in serious trouble. No-one is safe. Surely you must have substantial proof. PLEASE provide it. I’m not scared.Lastly, Nigeria will be great. She will thrive and she will rise above all the lies, the corruption, the turmoil. We WILL NOT BE SILENCED FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU who spew lies. We will not back down. We will not retreat and THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. Our names and hearts are clean.For those telling me to be quiet. PLEASE free my soul. I hardly ever respond to lies and the filth that I see every single day but I WILL NOT allow my name to be dragged through the mud. I’m not a chicken, nor am I a coward. I can be quiet but I am NO IDIOT.”