I Am Not A Paedophile Baba Ijesha Insists After Living With Oga Bello Daughters

Accoridbg to a report by TheCable on Monday, November 9, 2036, Nollywood actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, better known as Baba Ijesha, still insists he did nothing wrong more than four years after his conviction for molesting a minor

Prosecutors filed six charges against him on 24 June 2021, including indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault by penetration. On 14 July 2022, a Lagos High Court sentenced him to 16 years in prison. The terms ran concurrently, so he effectively served about five years

Throughout his time in custody, he maintained his innocence. In April 2024, he claimed he was framed and was only following a script given to him by a colleague. He was released in November 2025 after completing his sentence and was later placed on the Lagos State sexual offenders register by the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency

In a recent interview on Agbaletu TV, Baba Ijesha rejected the label of paedophile. He said he had never even heard the word until his arrest

He recalled a period when he lived in the home of veteran actor Adebayo Salami, known as Oga Bello, who has many daughters. He said the household would gather in the sitting room under a large fan, and living there required strong self discipline because Salami raised his children well. He added that the children value education highly and that one of them, Femi, would never look his father in the face when it came to theatre work

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