Renowned Yoruba actor Tunde Shobayo has opened up about the struggles he faced before entering the film industry, including how he fled home to work as a taxi driver.
In an interview shared on the official YouTube channel of Feelrightnews TV, Shobayo revealed that he left home to become a cab driver after his parents were unable to afford his tuition fees for further education.
In his statement, he said, “When I finished my secondary school, my parents asked me to stop my education in order to become an artisan. I listened to my parents instruction because they didn’t have the financial capacity to cater for me at the time. I went to learn mechanical engineering for 5 years, and I got my freedom. I ran away from home to become a taxi driver when my parents couldn’t pay my school fees. I started making some money to take care of myself, and when I went back home to meet my parents, they punished me severely for running away without taking permission from them.”