Convicted Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has revealed that two clerics warned him about impending trouble involving women and possible legal problems before the incident that led to his imprisonment, but he failed to heed their warnings.\n<\/p>\n
The actor identified the clerics as the founder of Love of Christ Generation Church (Cherubim and Seraphim), Prophetess Abimbola Ajayi, and the founder and spiritual leader of Genesis Global Ministry, Pastor Israel Ogundipe, popularly known as Genesis.\n<\/p>\n
Baba Ijesha made the revelation during an interview with Dele Adeyanju on Agabletu TV, in a video posted on the television station\u2019s YouTube channel on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n
Recounting his encounter with Ajayi, the actor said he had interacted with her during a visit to her church in the United Kingdom, where he had traveled for shows.<\/p>\n
He said he was preparing to catch a train when his promoter persuaded him to attend a church programme, where the cleric requested to speak with him.\n<\/p>\n
According to him, Ajayi warned him to be careful about women, particularly a short, dark-complexioned person, adding that he could face legal trouble.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Spirit of God told me to warn you about women,\u201d he recalled her saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said the Spirit of God told her that I should beware of a short, dark-complexioned person.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said I would run into trouble and face legal issues, and that I should pray hard so that a lie that looks like the truth would not happen to me,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
He said he was surprised by the warning and asked the cleric what he could do to prevent the predicted trouble.\n<\/p>\n
Baba Ijesha said Ajayi told him that prayers were the only remedy and advised him to visit her church upon returning to Nigeria.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said they could not do anything about it, that it was only prayers. She said the only thing we could do was for me to go to her church so she could get the elders to pray over those things,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
He, however, admitted that he did not follow the instruction after returning to Nigeria, although he later attempted to contact her.\n<\/p>\n
The actor also recounted another encounter with Ogundipe whom he described as someone who had shown him affection.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went to the evangelist\u2019s house. Immediately, he came; he looked at me and called my name. He lay down and asked me to pass him. He mentioned a name and asked who the person was among my girlfriends. But I could not think of any name,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Baba Ijesha said the pastor\u2019s words became clearer to him after the incident, claiming that the description given during their encounter matched someone connected to the controversy.\n<\/p>\n
He praised the cleric, describing him as a genuine prophet who received messages from God.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you see real prophets, prophets who are sent by God, you will understand,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The actor\u2019s account comes years after his conviction and imprisonment over the sexual assault and indecent treatment of a child.\n<\/p>\n
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja convicted him in July 2022 and sentenced him to five years and three years\u2019 imprisonment, respectively, with the terms to run concurrently, over offences relating to a 2021 incident.\n<\/p>\n
Following controversies surrounding his release, the Lagos State Government clarified that he was not acquitted but released after completing his prison sentence.<\/p>\n
The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, said the Court of Appeal set aside some of the earlier convictions but upheld the 2021 sexual assault conviction.\n<\/p>\n
Baba Ijesha was subsequently added to Lagos State\u2019s sex offenders\u2019 register.\n<\/p>\n
In a separate interview with veteran broadcaster Yinka Ayefele on Fresh FM, reported by PUNCH Online on March 23, 2026, the actor rejected allegations that he was a paedophile or rapist.\n<\/p>\n
He claimed that he was lured with food and money under the pretext of a movie role before the incident that led to his arrest.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not a paedophile, I am not a rapist. It was destiny that punished me,\u201d he said during the interview.\n <\/p>\n
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