Comic actor, Olatayo Amokade better known as Ijebu is one of the most sought after role interpreters in the Yoruba movie sector,
The actor noted that he never expected to be this famous.He made this known in a chat with Punch.
“I faced so many tough times in my life before I became famous. I was once a ‘generator man’, for about seven years. My job entailed carrying generators to movie locations in case there would be outage.
“I did that for about seven years. I also chauffeured Sanyeri for two years; I was more like his personal assistant during that time. I was also with Bayo Tijani (film director) for about a year and while I was there, I helped them to buy food whenever they were hungry. Before you become great in life, you need to pass through some tough times.
“All the time I was serving other people, I never knew that I would become popular; I just had a passion for the job. I was not thinking about the fame and I would have never thought in my wildest imagination that I would become this popular. Till date, Sanyeri and I have a cordial relationship,” he said.