Well-known Yoruba actor Ibrahim Yekini, better known by his stage name Itele, has talked about the type of relationship he had with actor Baba Tee during his difficult period in the film business. He also mentioned how being Baba Tee’s driver at the time improved his quality of life.
In a video that was posted on the official YouTube channel of Biola Adebayo Ent during an interview, he disclosed that he was very poor to the extent that his friend Baba Tee employed him as his driver for two years, saying that he made some money to settle his debts while working for him.
In his statement, she said, “When I was trying to recover from my losses, Baba Tee was the one who came to my rescue when he came back to Nigeria from London. Baba Tee wanted to buy a car, but he was duped, and I already owned a car that I bought on credit. I was very poor to the extent that my friend Baba Tee employed me as his driver for 2 years.
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I used to drive him to anywhere he was going, and he allowed me to stay in his house, and I made some money from him, and I rented a house, and I was able to settle my debts.”
One day, my boss beat me to the extent that I fainted, and my mother decided to take me back to the North.
When I came back from the North after one year, my mother took me to one of my brothers in Lagos, and I suffered a lot. I used to hawk sugarcane, and I worked as a shoe maker on the street before I became an actor. I met my boss, who taught me film making in 1996, and in the year 2020 I became an actor, and I produced my own movie.”
