A veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has been captured on camera beating up an area boy in Ilaro area of Ogun State.
The actor, a boxer by training, confirmed the development in a statement he issued backed by a video of the incident.
Hassan confirmed that the incident occurred in his hometown, Ilaro in Ogun State.
He said he had gone there to inspect a project when he was accosted by areas boys, adding that in the usual custom, he made money available to them.
However, one of them, according to the actor came his way again, asking him for a specific amount of money, which he told him he doesn’t have.
At that point, he said the area pulled his cloth, a blue buba, sokoto and agbada, a move that infuriated him.
Hassan wrote on his Instagram page: “Before bloggers pick this up, let me tell my side of the story and the truth.
“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.
1; We watch your movie
2; give us money
3; We watched you all through our childhood
“All these as an actor we hear everyday, I offer all i had on me and one of them dragged me by my agbada and demanded for an amount i can’t pay. Asked him to leave me, he said ‘Do your worse’ the rest is story , please stop harassing actors or entertainers, Do you pay anyone for doing your job, No its our Job too. Accept all we offer when we do.
“Remember, Once a boxer always a boxer.”