- Omoba Sanjay, a movie star, disclosed in an interview with Kunle Afod that he ended a relationship due to interference from his boss, a prominent movie producer.
Nollywood actor Ibrahim Olalekan Bello, better known as Omoba Sanjay, has opened up about a personal sacrifice he made for the sake of his career.
In an interview with fellow actor Kunle Afod, Omoba Sanjay recounted how he had to end a budding relationship due to interference from a highly influential producer he was working with at the time. The incident took place on a movie set where he met a woman and began getting to know her.
However, things became complicated when the producer, who also developed an interest in the same woman, began offering her daily feeding allowances—even though she wasn’t part of the cast or crew.
Realizing the potential career risks involved, Omoba Sanjay made the difficult decision to walk away from the relationship. He explained that the producer’s standing in the industry and his network of influence could have severely impacted his future if things turned sour.
Sanjay emphasized that choosing his professional growth over personal feelings was a tough but necessary decision to avoid being blacklisted or losing roles in the competitive movie industry.
In his words: “I was at a location on a particular day when a lady followed her friend to the movie set. She approached me and said she liked me and would like us to be together, as I wasn’t married at the time.
“Unknown to me, the producer I was working with on that set was also interested in the same lady and had been watching us from afar. He immediately assumed that we were dating, not knowing that we had just met.
“For about five days on that movie set, the producer was giving the lady money for feeding, even though she neither acted in the movie nor did any work.
“Meanwhile, I, who was working throughout those five days, was not given any money for feeding. The producer wanted me to react angrily so he could use my words against me — but I didn’t react. Interestingly, the lady came to me every day the producer gave her money for feeding, and she always told me everything.
“This made me upset and angry with the producer. However, after the movie shoot, I realized that the relationship with the lady couldn’t work because the producer was one of the top producers at the time. He could easily instruct other producers not to hire me. I couldn’t risk my career for the relationship”.
