Taiwo Hassan, also known as Ogogo, a veteran Nollywood actor, has come out following a public altercation with a fan on the streets of Ilaro, Ogun state.
Internet-trending videos depicted the actor engaging in a scuffle with a man in the midst of a crowd and then fleeing in his car.
Ogogo took to Instagram on Friday to explain the cause of the altercation through the use of videos of the encounter.
According to him, the aforementioned fan and others approached him and asked that he pay them an amount he could not afford.
Despite giving them all the money he had, the said fan then proceeded to drag his clothes and this resulted in his reaction.
“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 us 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.
