A Nigerian Lady identified as @maryeromwonero who was abandoned by her child’s dad, sacked and diagnosed with HIV, recounts how BankyW assisted her.
Here’s what she wrote;
Long story short, I began to reach out to my friends and acquaintances to try to pick up the pieces, get a place to stay, deliver safely and move on. Suffice it to say that practically none of my celebrity ‘friends’ ever came through. These were people who would call me non-stop when I was in MTV but suddenly, I was invisible.
The only people that did were this man, @bankywellington, and @funlolafar. (Funlola I don’t consider a friend but a sister, or worst case my cousin anyway.) What was funny is that both of them had no knowledge of the situation I was in. I think this will be the first time Banky will be hearing of it. I just told him I was trying to raise money for a place, I think. In those days @bankywellington had not even come close to being as successful as he is now. Yet the next morning, before 7am, he had driven from his place in Lekki, to my house in Magodo with cash for me. And as usual, a hug.
Now one reason people are scared to ask for help
especially money from friends is that the dynamics of the relationship
changes after someone has helped you out. People who give suddenly feel
somewhat superior to the receiver or even feel that the receiver is a
tiresome distraction. Not all the time but a lot of the time. However,
with Banky there was never that awkwardness. I met him several
more times as I managed to get back on my feet over the years and he
never behaved like anything like that transpired between us. He was
always warm, always hugging, always kind. Today at ICM which I took my
daughter to entirely by coincidence, I ran into him doimg his ambassador
duties at the Samsung stand.
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