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‘I will die if i don’t act for one month’ + How Akin Lewis shot me to limelight – Actor, Abiodun Adebanjo reveals

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Fast-rising Nollywood actor, Abidoun Adebanjo, whose passion and zeal for acting is burning fiercely at the moment can be described as one of the hottest in the industry at the moment.

The handsome actor is one that is multi-talented; he acts so well as much as he sings too.

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In an interview with Saharaweekly magazine, he revealed to us how the industry journey has been, the challenges, his role model and many more.

Exceprts below:

Q – My name is Osho Oluwatosin, Can we meet you sir?

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R – My names are Abiodun Adebanjo Olorunjuwonloa, I’m an actor.

Q – Can you tell us more about your career?

R – That’s  a long story. It’s been very tough and wonderful. So far, I thank God. This is y 6th year in the industry and I’ve been in a lot of movies, I’ve been to all angles in theatre, I’ve sang, I’ve danced, I’ve done stage plays, I’ve done modeling, anything in theatre, I’ve done it.

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Q – How has it been since you started?

R – Well, it wasn’t so easy because in our industry especially this part of our industry which is the Yoruba part, it’s not been easy and when you are not coming In to produce, you just want to start from the bottom, you have to be very strong, vigilant, hard-working, and very humble and prayerful, that’s it. I’ve actually served a lot of people but the person I actually call my boss is Akin Lewis. I call him my daddy. If anyone asks me, he’ll say I’m his son. I call him my boss because he was the one that believed in me and launched me into the industry.

 

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Q – What are you working on presently?

R – Like I said, I’m going into music very soon. I’ve been singing. I’m actually working on releasing 4 tracks at a go and working on my first movie which is going to be a bomb. It’s going to b a multi-million naira movie and I’m planning a concert which will be coming by December. I’ll be inviting some musicians, that is it for now.

Q – Which movie would you say pushed you to timelight?

R – Actually, the movie that made people know me is Omo Oshodi. I received a lot of calls, commendation, lot of jobs started coming in. I’ve been in movies likle Ejo mi ko, Omi, Old soldier, lot of movies.

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Q – Can you tell us about the movie you want to produce?

R – Wao! You want me to start saying my secret (laughs). The fact is that my movie will be called ‘Gbogbo Wa Lole’. I’m not supposed to be disclosing all this, a lot of people will be loving that title. It’s registered though so nobody can steal it. The title is Gbogbo Wa Lole or can you deny not being a thief?(Laughs)

 

Q – Over the years, Piracy has been a major complain in the industry, how does piracy affect you?

R – Ahh, that is a big issue. The fact is piracy, I call them vampires. They are blood suckers. Assuming we have legalized gun in Nigeria, I would have shot them because they are killers too. It hasn’t been easy. We actually did an anti-piracy work with the likes of Kunle Afolayan, Adebayo Salami, Yemi Solade, Bimbo Thomas, a lot of stars actually came out. We had a rally from Ikeja Underbridge to Governor’s office to express our plight. I just urge the government to do something about it. I expect them to consider piracy as a murder case, I want the government to consider it as that because they are killing us, you need to know the stress we are actually passing through just to bring out something sensible and at the end of the day, it will be pirated. Some movies even get pirated before it is released. It’s killing, I’m being sincere.

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Q – You are an actor that is good looking, how do you handle your female fans?

R – Arrgh!! I have a lot of people I see as a mentor especially Akin-Lewis, I’ve learnt a lot of things from him so I do it the way my mentors did it. It’s not been easy, nobody is perfect but I learnt a lot of things from him. I put God first in everything I do, I handle everything that comes my way Godly though it hasn’t been easy. Even when you are not good looking and you are  an actor or a celebrity, females will keep coming.

Q – When did you get the urge to become an actor?

R – I’ve been acting since I was 6 years. I love to make people smile. I love it when I’m beside you and I’m able to bring out your 32 set of teeth. I started acting when I was in church then, it was just a stage play and I was asked to act as a prodigal son. It was like an end of the year party and I did it perfectly though I was very stubborn then. I was always called upon in everything that happens in church then so when I grew up, sometimes I would run from lessons and pretend to be sick just to attend rehearsals so I started deriving happiness from it. It started making me happy and it’s what I love. If you want to kill me, just ask me to stop acting, I don’t think I can last a month.

Q – Were your parents supportive?

R – At a point, they weren’t even till now but the fact is when your parents start seeing you in movies and their friends are like ‘See your son, he’s now a big boy oo’, even when they are not supportive, but you are together and they start seeing your movies on Africa Magic or TV stations, at the end of the day, they got laughing at your character in the movie and they were completely lost. It got to a time that they weren’t seeing me as Biodun again, they started calling me by the character I acted so it hasn’t been easy, but we thank God

 

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Dangote crashes Diesel price to N1,000 per litre

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Dangote crashes Diesel price to N1,000 per litre

 

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In an unprecedented move, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from 1200 to 1,000 naira per litre.

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While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a substantially reduced price of N1,200 per litre three weeks ago, representing over 30 per cent reduction from the previous market price of about N1,600 per litre.

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This significant reduction in the price of diesel, at Dangote Petroleum Refinery, is expected to positively affect all the spheres of the economy and ultimately reduce the high inflation rate in the country.

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Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance, Others Are Purveyors of falsehood Says AAS Legal Team As Jesam Micheal Exposes Their Sponsors (Video)

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Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance, Others Are Purveyors of falsehood Says AAS Legal Team As Jesam Micheal Exposes Their Sponsors (Video)

 

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The lawyers of Afriq Arbitrage System, Barr. Obeten and Barr. Henry have called out the Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance led by Comrade Okpanachi Jacob as Purveyors of falsehood.

 

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This is not unconnected to their ungodly collaboration with individuals like Prince Humble Eteng, Michael Okoh, Okoi Daniels, Engineer Awajioma who have been slammed with a ten million dollar Lawsuit for nefarious activities to injure the longstanding reputation the organisation has maintained on charges bothering on cyber bullying, attempt to life and property, lies and unlawful incitement and instigation against the CEO of the company , Jesam Micheal, his family and organisation.

 

In a global conference on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, the legal representatives described their actions as inappropriate, unfounded and a campaign of calumny to malign the integrity of the organisation and management.

 

 

According to Barr. Obeten the matter is in court and the security agencies have picked Abayomi Olusesan who has admitted to committing the heinous crime of stealing investors funds to the tune of $87m. So why accuse the CEO, Jesam Micheal of defrauding the company of the said amount?

 

Speaking further, Barr Henry reiterated their stand to take legal actions against the group for being biassed despite knowing the truth and for misleading the general public by allowing themselves to be used by agents of falsehood.

 

In conclusion, the CEO of Afriq Arbitrage System, Jesam Micheal wondered why a reputable group like CCSGG could be used by Prince Humble Eteng, Michael Okoh and others. He showcased the official court documents which confirmed that Abayomi admitted stealing the investors fund to the tune of $87m which he said was also captured in video evidence. He revealed that some of the properties he bought with part of the money has been collected, remaining the main money which he promised to return to the company. However, after being granted bail, he reneged on his promises and was picked up again by the relevant authorities.

Sadly, his cohorts, Prince Humble who is not even an investors connived with MICHEAL OKOH, PRINCE HUMBLE ETENG,OKOI DENOCK, TOCHUKWU NWOYE, DINGCHI YARLING, Engineer Awajioma and Others to fabricate all sorts of lies against Jesam and AAS.

 

” We will not take the laws into our hands but they should be ready to face the wrath of the law of the land. These are the same people who dragged us to the security agencies and when we got there with facts they ran away and became fugitives, Out of frustrations, they devised a kangaroo world press conference to disseminate all manners of fabricated lies and deceits”

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Afriq Arbitrage System Slams $10 million Lawsuit Against Micheal Okoh, Prince Humble Eteng, Hajj Ibrahim, Engineer Awajioma and Others (Video)

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Afriq Arbitrage System Slams $10 million Lawsuit Against Micheal Okoh, Prince Humble Eteng, Hajj Ibrahim, Engineer Awajioma and Others (Video)

 

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The board of directors of Afriq Arbitrage Systems after an emergency meeting condemned in strong terms the attitudes of Prince Humble Eteng, Michael Okoh, Okoi Daniels, Engineer Awajioma and others about their nefarious activities to injure the longstanding reputation the organisation has maintained and in a final resolution, resolved that the above parties be sued for defamation and has slammed a ten million dollar lawsuit with a suit number w/2011/2024 against them at the High court of the Federal capital territory in the Abuja judicial division on Monday, April 15th, 2024 on charges bothering on cyber bullying, attempt to life and property, lies and unlawful incitement and instigation against the CEO of the company , Jesam Micheal, his family and organisation.

 

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In the lawsuit through the legal representation of Jesam Michael and AAS by Barrister Ovat the service required the defendants to appear In court within 14 days, else judgement will be issued against them in absentia.

 

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It would be recalled that few days after series of cyber bullying against the CEO of Afriq Arbitrage System, Jesam Micheal and his Family by MICHEAL OKOH, PRINCE HUMBLE ETENG,OKOI DENOCK in collaboration with one TOCHUKWU NWOYE, DINGCHI YARLING, Godwin, Benjamin Uwanga and Findins, Jesam escaped assassination attempt as gunmen numbering over ten, armed with sophisticated weapons invaded his lounge in Lagos seeking for him.

 

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Information available to us revealed that when the hardened criminals invaded the lounge on Friday, April 5th, 2024 where Jesam was billed to address his workers, they were demanding for him and when they learnt he couldn’t make the meeting as expected, they descended on the staff and customers threatening to kill them in his stead. They also went away with the company’s properties such as laptops, equipment and gadgets of staffers and customers.

 

Micheal Okoh who has been ranting on Social media against the CEO of Afriq Arbiritage System has been exposed along with Prince Humble Eteng, Okoi Denock as partners in crime with Abayomi oluwasesan who is in prison for defrauding the financial platform to the tune of $87 million dollars

 

According to reports, Micheal Okoh is an investor in AAS who has benefited from the scheme and has withdrawn over three thousand dollars which he never disclosed to his gullible followers until the evidence was uncovered and exposed to the community.

 

Aside from that, information revealed that Micheal Okoh, Prince Humble And Okoi Denock have been working in tandem with Abayomi in plotting the loot from AAS and threatening the life of Jesam Michael and his family. In a series of life threatening messages the plotters swear to eliminate him and his family for standing on the path of truth, justice and for arresting Abayomi in recovering the loot. Also, these revelations are not unconnected to the fact that these people engineered Abayomi not to return investors money back to the community.

 

However, the long arm of the law will soon reach them as Abayomi who has willingly confessed to the heinous crime he committed to the company is arrested and taken to court where he is Remanded and Micheal Okoh and his cohorts we learnt are also on the radar of the security operatives for collaboration and cyber bullying.

 

 

 

Sadly, the threat to life of the CEO and his family by these people should not be taken lightly as just as Mr Micheal Okoh said in his video that he will bring him down, same day, gunmen were sent to invade AAS lounge on the same day he was to address his workers for the year.

 

 

According to the security officer of the company, the ugly incident has never happened before on any of their investments until this brazen threats from Mr Okoh and others.

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