‘Help me beg aunty Funke, i was not paid N90k’, Ijoba Lande crïes out

Actor and comedian Ijoba Lande has publicly apologized and retracted his earlier accusation that filmmaker and actress Funke Akindele underpaid him for his work on a movie role she put him on.

In a heartfelt and tearful video posted on social media, Lande clarified that his initial comments were misunderstood and taken out of context.

Despite initially stating that he had been paid only N90,000 for his involvement, Lande now claims that he was, in fact, paid N190,000. He further revealed that after expressing concerns about the initial payment, Akindele had increased his daily pay.

In his apology, Lande expressed regret for his earlier statement, emphasising that he never intended to damage Akindele’s reputation. He stated that he was not looking for a confrontation and pleaded with her to forgive him.

Lande also asked Akindele not to pursue any legal action, citing his financial inability to cope with the potential consequences.

Lande who spoke in Yoruba, but now translated to English said:

“Please help me beg aunty Funke. That was not how I made the video. I didn’t do the video to tarnish your image. Aunty Funke you didn’t do any wickedness. Those of you that cut video half way you aren’t good and you are wicked.

“When I was explaining, that it was 90,000 you cut it and join it together. It was not 90,000 from the start, and I explained it in the video that sorry it was 190,000 not 90,000. I wasn’t the only one in the video, in fact mama ogba came upstairs to come and tell me that is okay like that and we were even discussing the good thing aunty Funke had done in the industry.

“You now cut and join the video to post , you didn’t pick the full video to post. You now cut the place where I made mistake, please now don’t spoil my life

“If I am sued now that they paid 190,000 not 90,000 where will I get the money to pay for fine. Please help me beg aunty Funke that i didn’t mean it the way people are seeing it

“And what really happened was that, we were discussing about the upcoming that anytime they are going for work, they should always charge before going to work because we have many users in the industry now.

“And many of the producer are not aware of how much they paid the actor, that the PM would have removed some of the money before paying that was what I was explaining in the video. Then I use the story of aunty Funke and I as an example that I went to work with her in the year 2022

“That I spent a whole Month at the location and I was paid 90,000 then I later change it that It was 190,000 that I was paid

“I signed the agreement with her, I was okay with the money that was why I agreed to it and what happened to me then was that it was aunty funke that called me to work and it was someone else that brought the paper and I decided to do the work for that one month and as soon as the month ends. I stopped going to the location. The title of the work was ‘My Sibling and I’ and I acted as a gateman in the movie.

“She called herself asking why I didn’t come to the location again and I told her why I didn’t come that the money is not good enough and she asked me how much and I told her, she then said why didn’t you tell me and I said I thought she was aware, that was when I got to know she was not aware of the price ,she then said okay, they will Call me back .

“I was called back and she said they should be paying me daily and they started paying 55,000 or 65,000 daily till I finished the word with them.

“Now you went ahead to cut the place I talked about 90,000 even though I said it in the video that it was a mistake,I was not the only one in the video please. Aunty funke please I am so sorry, forgive me, I don’t have anything to fight with you and please don’t fight me too please.

“If you decide to arrest me, you just want to send me to prison because I am not fighting you please ooo.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>>