Yemi Solade apologises to Afeez Owo over slap incident

Actor Yemi Solade has apologised to colleague Afeez Owo for a past incident where he slapped him on a movie set over 20 years ago.

In an interview on ‘Behind the Fame African A-List’, he said the incident occurred during a film shoot in a town on the outskirts of Ibadan, where Afeez was working as the production manager.

Yemi explained that after finishing filming, the town experienced a blackout and Afeez didn’t take his complaints seriously and that infuriated him, leading to the slap.

Yemi expressed regret for his actions, acknowledging that he shouldn’t have reacted that way.

He stated that he has previously discussed the incident with others but felt it was necessary to directly apologise to Afeez.

Yemi also mentioned that he dislikes insults, which might be his weakness, contributing to his strong reaction.

Let me apologise to Afeez Abiodun. I slapped him once. He was the production manager of a movie, I can’t recall the year, we got to the town outskirts of Ibadan and when we finished filming. 

“We returned to the town everywhere was blackout and as a production manager he was the one who we’d lay our accusations and frustrations on and it got me infuriated because he wasn’t taking me seriously and that slap came from nowhere in the dark, I didn’t like that. He left the location early in the morning, and we woke up no seeing him, so Afeez, I’m sorry, mabinu simi.

“It’s been a long time, like 20 years, I’ve complained bitterly to some people before, put let me just stick to Afeez, I don’t like insults, and that could be my weakness,” he said.