The 55-year-old actress said that polygamy was a common practice in Yoruba families in the past.
Veteran Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola has thrown her support behind polygamy.
This is as she urged Nigerians to accept polygamy as part of the country’s tradition.
She stated this during an interview with Biola Bayo.
The 55-year-old actress said that polygamy was a common practice in Yoruba families in the past, where men often had more than one wife.
Akintola said the current shortage of men in society makes it reasonable for two women to share one husband.
She said: “With the way the world is going, people should embrace polygamy. You say marriage is everything, so if we don’t have enough men according to statistics, does that not mean two women to one man?
“I also believe it is part of our tradition. Most of Generation X, Yorubas, and even our parents had two to three wives. It was something we saw while growing up. Maybe we also noticed the disadvantages, but some people say there are advantages too.
“I know some women who would rather have a second wife. I even know someone who married a second wife for her husband so that she could have peace. They didn’t have the same libido. His was higher than hers, so she thought, ‘this man will kill me, let me find support,’ and she married a wife for him.”