Banky W says losing the 2023 election pushed him to look to God for direction.
He ran for the Eti-Osa federal seat under the PDP in 2023 but lost to Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party.
He says the loss hurt, but it also gave him time to think about what comes next.
He says he was unsure whether to focus on politics, music, business or ministry.
Over time he realised he did not have to pick just one. He says God was not trying to fit him into a box but was giving him more to do.
He now serves as an associate pastor at Union Church and also teaches and leads at Union College.
He travels between Lagos and the Washington, DC area, which he says is tiring but worth it.
In 2024 he moved to the United States with his family to study public administration.
He says family, faith and purpose were his reasons.
Banky W co-founded the EME record label in 2002 with his friend Tunde Demuren.
He married actress Adesua Etomi in South Africa in November 2017.
They have two children, Hazaiah, born in 2021, and Hezekiah, born in 2024.