HANKS ANUKU TELLS NIGERIANS TO LEAVE TINUBU ALONE AND SAYS THE NEXT MAN MAY BE WORSE
On The Honest Bunch podcast, posted Monday, veteran actor Hanks Anuku said President Bola Tinubu did not spoil Nigeria, that earlier governments left the problems, and that the country is in too much of a hurry. He said Tinubu should serve his tenure and that a successor might be worse. He added that nobody pays him to say it. Social media split over the clip.
Nollywood actor Hanks Anuku has defended President Bola Tinubu on The Honest Bunch and told Nigerians the country’s problems did not start with this government.
The interview was posted on the podcast’s Instagram page on Monday, 5 October 2026. Anuku’s remarks are his own. They are not a government statement, and they are not a measure of inflation, jobs or security.
“Nigeria has to be patient for the renewed hope of this man, and the country was not spoiled by him,” he said. “There were people there before him now. Why didn’t they go and attack those people? He has to fix it now. He’s doing great. Nigeria should be patient. We’re in too much of a hurry.”
He went further than a call for patience. He said Tinubu should serve his tenure, and he framed a change of leader as a risk. “I’m going to be hanging out with Mr President himself. There’s nothing you can do about that. He has to serve his term, his tenure.” Then he asked who would do better. “No one pays me. How many people can be better than him because he’s this and that? Most people who are going to come, maybe after, maybe they’re even worse off. So the devil, you know, is better.”
Daily Post rendered the last line as “the devil we know is better than the angel we don’t.” P.M. News reported that he argued Tinubu should be allowed to complete two terms. The audio clip circulating with the interview is the source of both readings. He did not present polling, a scorecard or a list of policies. He presented a preference.
The “no one pays me” line is aimed at the usual charge that a celebrity defence of a sitting president is sponsored. He offered no evidence either way beyond the denial. The Presidency has not commented on the interview.
On the same appearance he spoke about personal loss, including the death of the mother of his children, and what he called betrayal by friends. Those remarks are separate from the political argument, but they are part of the clip people are sharing.
Reaction online has split along the line he drew. Supporters treat the “he inherited it” point as obvious. Critics say three years is enough time to own the result, and that “the next person may be worse” is not a case for a second term. Neither side has new facts in the argument. They are arguing his opinion.
Anuku is a veteran actor, not an adviser and not a party officer. What he said on The Honest Bunch is a defence of the administration and a warning against replacing it. It is not proof that the administration is working, and it is not proof that it is failing.
