My Dad regretted paying for my education after I became a comedian.

The Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Ejekwu, better known as Sabinus, has admitted that his father did not originally support his choice to become a comedian.

In a frank interview with VJ Adams, Sabinus explained that his dad wanted him to be a lawyer. However, after he failed to get into law school, he chose to study Linguistics and Communication Studies instead.

He remembered that he found his talent for comedy and started making sketches while he was a student at the University of Port Harcourt.

The comedian said that when his dad discovered he was making comedy sketches, he regretted paying for his education and called the profession a "stupid business."

Sabinus said, “At first, my dad never wanted me to be what I am today, he wanted me to be a lawyer. I tried my best but I couldn’t secure a law admission. So, I had to settle for Linguistics and Communication Studies at Uniport.

"It was on the campus that I saw skit making and I decided to try it out. Money wasn’t coming.

“After I graduated, my dad never knew I was a comedian because I was hiding it. It was one more year after school that he started seeing me on comedy show posters. My sisters confirmed to him that I was into comedy. He was very furious. He fumed, ‘Which comedy? Stupid business. Look at the boy I sent to become a lawyer.'”

The comedian added that his dad eventually gave him his blessing once he started giving him some money from his comedy earnings.