{"id":17996,"date":"2024-01-16T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=17996"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:00:00","slug":"why-i-dont-practise-law-as-a-profession-funke-akindele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/why-i-dont-practise-law-as-a-profession-funke-akindele\/","title":{"rendered":"I Studied Law to Please my Father- Funke Akindele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Funke Akindele, the Nollywood Actress and filmmaker recently revealed in an interview she studied law at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to please her late father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Funke-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Funke-1.webp 940w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Funke-1-300x251.webp 300w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Funke-1-768x644.webp 768w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Funke-1-840x704.webp 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Funke Akindele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Akindele said despite her interest in acting, singing, and dancing, her late dad always wanted her to be a lawyer. She said she eventually studied law to fulfil her dad\u2019s wish and thereafter went back to acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actress said she, <em>\u201cnever regretted studying law because it reflected in my works\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cTruly I studied law at the University of Lagos. My father wanted me to be a lawyer. When he was alive he was always saying \u2018you will become a lawyer\u2019. I just wanted to act on stage. I wanted to sing and dance,\u201d <\/em>she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI would say okay, let me study this law and give it to you. When I study this law I will go back to my acting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>I never regretted studying law because it reflected in my works. Because I love criminal law so much. I like a law where someone errs against the law and is sentenced. All the investigations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIf you notice, you will see that I usually add up what I have studied in my work. Law and my work can be hand in hand. And I never regretted studying law. But I have not been practicing law.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cNowadays I have been thinking about it. I can do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: lifestyle.cable.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funke Akindele, the Nollywood Actress and filmmaker recently revealed in an interview she studied law at the University of Lagos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Studied Law to Please my Father- Funke Akindele - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/why-i-dont-practise-law-as-a-profession-funke-akindele\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Studied Law to Please my Father- Funke Akindele - 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