Popular Yoruba film star and activist, Yomi Fabiyi, has revealed what actor Baba Ijesa, who is currently on trial by the Lagos State government, told him regarding the allegations of harassing a teenage girl. He also shared details about what they were doing together when they were captured on camera in the same room.
In an interview posted on the official YouTube channel of Wasilacoded TV, Fabiyi explained that he visited Baba Ijesa while he was in police custody. During their conversation, Baba Ijesa allegedly confessed that he never had any affair with the girl, claiming he was instructed to touch her as part of a movie scene.
In his statement, he said, “I decided to visit Baba Ijesa at police custody, and I asked him some questions when the police brought him out to speak with me. I made him realise that it’s very important for him to confess to me so that I would be able to help him regain his freedom.
Baba Ijesa told me that he didn’t sleep with the girl, but he touched her body on a movie set. He told me that he was invited for a movie role by actress Princess, and she told me to teach the young girl how to act in a romantic movie, not knowing that Princess had set me up with a camera.”