{"id":2937,"date":"2021-05-11T06:11:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2022-04-24T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:39:45","slug":"baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba Ijesha Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2943\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2943\" src=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-71-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Baba Ijesha Biography. \" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baba Ijesha Biography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Baba Ijesha Early Life<\/h2>\n<p>The Yoruba renowned actor Baba Ijesha born Olarenwaju James Omiyinka was born on 8th October 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Osun State, Baba Ijesha is a native of Ile-Ife, Osun State.\u00a0<a title=\"Osun State\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osun_State\" rel=\"\">Osun State<\/a>\u00a0is a State in the South Western part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<h2>Early Career<\/h2>\n<p>Baba Ijesha joined the Nigerian Yoruba movie industry in the &#8217;80s. Born in the early &#8217;70s, he started acting very early in life.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he relocated from Osun State to Lagos State, wherein, he came to look for a greener pasture in the days.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, he was better known for featuring in a series of Yoruba movies. Of course, he is a Yoruba man and a Yoruba actor, so, there is no mistaken identity here.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the movies which brought him to limelight were the likes of &#8220;Opolo, Afefe Ife, Ololo Masun, to mention only but a few.<\/p>\n<p>As it was, Baba rose to fame after the first set of the movies he featured in were released; mostly comic movies. This was almost immediately when he joined the Yoruba movie industry.<\/p>\n<h2>Movies<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Baba has featured in over 50 Yoruba movies, of which, TV series are inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Ololo Masun<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Afefe Ife<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Opolo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-70-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Is Baba Ijesha Married?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, kindly, Baba Ijesha got married to his beautiful wife on 14th July 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Allegedly, the traditional wedding ceremony which took place in July 2012 was a low key kind of ceremony.<\/p>\n<h2>Controversies<\/h2>\n<p>In 2021, Baba was accused of molesting a 14 year old girl.<\/p>\n<p>According to the foster mother of the victim, Damilila Adekoya popularly known as Princess Comedian, Baba did molest\/rape the girl seven years ago. Then, she was just seven years old.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years after, (the victim is now 14 years old) he came to and molested her again but this time, a secret camera, CCTV did catch him in the act.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting, Premium Times did reveal that the Lagos State police command arrested the actor for allegedly raping a 14 year old girl, a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Over to you! What else do you want to know about Olarenwaju James Omiyinka? Tell me about it with a comment box\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[822],"class_list":["post-2937","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-acting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baba Ijesha Biography; Early Life, Career, Controversies | Naijabiography Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olarenwaju James Omiyinka better known as Baba Ijesha is a renowned Yoruba actor, movie producer, singer, entrepreneur, and filmmaker...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baba Ijesha Biography; Early Life, Career, Controversies | Naijabiography Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olarenwaju James Omiyinka better known as Baba Ijesha is a renowned Yoruba actor, movie producer, singer, entrepreneur, and filmmaker...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Naijabiography Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-24T11:39:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-71.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"452\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"678\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/\",\"name\":\"Baba Ijesha Biography; Early Life, Career, Controversies | Naijabiography Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-71.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-11T06:11:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-24T11:39:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olarenwaju James Omiyinka better known as Baba Ijesha is a renowned Yoruba actor, movie producer, singer, entrepreneur, and filmmaker...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-71.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-71.jpeg\",\"width\":452,\"height\":678},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/baba-ijesha-biography-early-life-career-controversies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biographies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Baba Ijesha Biography\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"description\":\"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. 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