2023 election loss led me to become pastor — Banky W

Nigerian singer, filmmaker and politician Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has said his defeat in the 2023 House of Representatives election left him heartbroken and prompted him to seek a new direction, eventually leading him into pastoral ministry.
Banky W disclosed this while reflecting on his first anniversary as a pastor in the United States, where he said the electoral setback forced him to surrender his plans to God and reconsider his purpose.
“In 2023 I lost an election. And while the experience inspired me in many ways, it also broke my heart into a million little pieces,” he wrote on Instagram.
The entertainer said he turned to God after the election to seek...