Veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has explained what happened between him and some area boys that led to a public fight on the streets of his hometown, Ilaro in Ogun state.
Video trending on the Internet 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 video of the incident on his Instagram page on Friday.
According to him, the said fan alongside others had approached him, and demanded he pay them a sum he could not afford.
Despite giving them all the money he had, the said fan then proceeded to drag his clothes and this resulted into fight.
He wrote,“Before bloggers pick this up, let me tell my side of the story and the truth,”
“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.”
Ogogo 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 added