Saheed Balogun is one of the popular
Yoruba actors whose profession in the make-believe world has garnered
some sort of recognition and fame.
But then again, Saheed at times, carries
out his ‘drama’ in real life or how would anybody explain the actor
being guarded by six soldiers at a recent event in Lagos?
Not just a few wondered aloud why the
actor would need the protection of soldiers and this made a lot of
people allege that a top politician that the actor is close to, got him
the ‘bodyguards.’
However, when Saturday Beats asked him
about the bodyguards in a telephone conversation, the actor denied
having bodyguards, claiming they were his friend’s orderlies.
“I am not going into politics. Nobody is
threatening my life and I don’t have soldiers as bodyguards.
Whatever
people like, they should say but the truth is that a friend of mine who
is a general in the Army came with me to an occasion and that is why
there were soldiers with me at that event. He is older than I am and he
loves me so much and the soldiers were there to guard him and not me and
they surrounded us at the event.
“I am not scared, so why should I be
moving around with soldiers? It is not true that any politician gave me
soldiers as bodyguards. After that incident, a lot of people that saw me
walking alone without an escort were wondering what happened but I
don’t have soldiers as escorts.”
Meanwhile, the fracas with his ex wife,
Fathia, is only in reality and doesn’t affect their professional lives
as both of them are currently on the same movie set of Mercy
Aigbe-Gentry’s.
The actor explained that their
relationship is strictly professional. He said that they came to the set
separately and would leave separately.
“They call her on set, she does her own
bit, I do my own bit and we go our separate ways. The only
thing I still
maintain is that we don’t stay on set together. We maintain a
professional and cordial relationship. I have spent 36 years in the
industry, so there is nothing I am looking for again other than to thank
God,” the actor said.
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