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My Friend And Boss Gingered Me Into Acting - Ojo Emmanuel

 He is a man of two notable parts. A computer engineer and an accidental actor. Ojo Emmanuel Ayodele never had the ambition to act. He has however, assumed a prominent status in the movie industry , where he has become a household name through the same trade. In this brief interview session, the actor explained,among others, his accidental voyage into the make believe world. Enjoy the reading. Q: Can you give a glimpse into what your growing up was likeA:  I grew up in Surulere  in Ijeshatedo with a very strong Christian background  (CAC Family)  I went to primary school . LABO memorial  and Christian Heritage Academy all at Ijesha,  then to secondary school in Lagos.  Model College  Kankon  Badagry .  Immediately after my secondary school education as a commercial student,I delved  into Information technology to equip myself in computer engineering and later went to Aptech  worldwide  to study website animation, New horizons  ikeja and so many other schools  to learn computer indebt .  Along the line, i went to Olabisi Onabanjo University to study business admin . And as God would have it, i became the IT consultant for my department  and other departments . Doing business at the same time as a student .  And after university, proper business started in computer village Q: Who is your direct boss or bosses in the Movie industry A:  My friend and boss is kayode Adebayo (Kay Alubarika ). He gingered me into acting . Q: what inspired  your moving from computer engineering to actingA:My normal business life led me to meeting so many actors  because they patronise me and they actually wanted a trusted hand in computer village ikeja .  We had good relationship and all of a sudden,  Kay Alubarika said he could  spot my ability to act and like they say, the rest is now history.Q: How many films have you taken a part in or produced  A: They are many, but the ones I can remember now are OJAY MAKANAKI ,  ITAKUN , MARRIED BUT SINGLE , KELEGBE .Q: Are you cooking anything at the moment, that your fans should be expecting A: Yes. Planning to produce Mind Blowing  Movies on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL . RCSMTV  and YorubaXclusive  TV Q: Do you have any regrets  in life  A: Yea, not following my mind at a point of tuning back over a decision Q: Is there any challenge  or  Challenges you were confronted with, that ended up  improving  you one way  or another.A: So many . I am  blessed psychologically and the moment I don’t follow my instinct I have issues .  And I have learnt in the hard way in so many areas .