Why I Beat Up Touts In Ogun – Veteran Yoruba Actor, Ogogo
Veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has explained why he beat up some touts in Ilaro, Ogun State.
Videos trending on social media showed the actor in a tussle with a man in the midst of a crowd, and afterwards getting into his car and driving away.
Sharing videos of the incident, Hassan took to his Instagram page on Friday to explain the reason for the altercation.
Ogogo said he visited Ilaro for an inspection of a project and some guys walked up to him for the normal appraisals.
According to him, he pays them a sum he could not afford.
Despite giving them all the money he had, however, things took a different turn when one of the touts dragged his cloth and demanded an amount he cannot pay.
Taiwo Hassan said he asked the boy to leave him but he refused, asking him to do his worst and it led to a physical fight.
He wrote “Before bloggers pick this up, let me tell my side of the story and the truth,” he wrote in the caption.
He added, “I was in Ilaro, my own home town, for an inspection of a project, after which some unknown guys walked up to me for the normal appraisals. ‘We watch your movie’, ‘give up money, ‘We watched you all through our childhood’…All these as an actor we hear everyday.
“I offered all I had on me and one of them dragged me by my Agbada and demanded for an amount I can’t pay. I asked him to leave me, he said, ‘Do your worse’. The rest is story.”
The actor further admonished fans to desist from harassing entertainers for money just because they are entertainers.
“Do you pay anyone for doing your job? No. It’s our job too. Accept all we offer when we do. Remember, once a boxer, always a boxer,” he wrote.
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