How I overcame Saudi Arabia drug trafficking allegations, death rumours – Sola Sobowale

Veteran histrion Sola Sobowale has opened up astir the adjacent career-damaging interaction of cause peddling allegations.

Ms Sobowale said the rumours of her apprehension for cause trafficking successful Saudi Arabia began upon her relocation to the United Kingdom (UK).

In 2022, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the 58-year-old histrion revealed she relocated to the UK to enactment her children by taking connected menial jobs.

Upon her instrumentality to Nigeria, Ms Sobowale, who ended her 15-year acting hiatus successful 2016, secured a pivotal relation successful the groundbreaking movie ‘The Wedding Party’.

In an interrogation connected the Teju Baby Face ‘King of Talk’ podcast, the histrion said God had compensated her due to the fact that respective antagonistic things were written astir her erstwhile she near Nigeria for the UK.

“The lone happening that bothers maine is the information that they said I was killed successful Saudi Arabia. That I carried cocaine. Yes, it was written successful Nigeria that I carried cocaine successful Saudi Arabia. They arrested me, amputated my limb and my hand, and I supposedly pleaded with them, saying that I was a prima successful Nigeria and due to the fact that of that, they should termination me, truthful they killed me.”

The 2019 Africa Movie Academy Award victor for ‘Best Actress successful a Leading Role’ said radical were astonished to spot her instrumentality to Nigeria.

“So erstwhile I returned to Nigeria, astatine the airport, they said, ‘Sola Sobowale is dormant now,’ and I asked, ‘Do they judge successful voodoo?” she added.

More rumours

The mother-of-five, whose parents were successful academia, recalled rumours that she was a cleaner successful the UK.

She added that determination were besides rumours astir her moving astatine a edifice successful the UK.

“When I was successful the UK, doing my thing, Nigerian newspapers published articles titled ‘From grace to grass’ claiming that Sola Sobowale present resides successful the UK and sells nutrient astatine a edifice called Emuke. My older sister owns the restaurant.

“The edifice is owned by Kike Oyelana and Uncle Tunji Oyelana. Whenever I person clip disconnected from work, I sojourn the edifice to spot my sister. I occasionally hole Eba and different dishes to assistance my sister and service the customers. They saw maine and wrote, ‘Sola Sobowale present sells eba successful the restaurant,’ it went connected similar that.”

The histrion stated that earlier she near Nigeria for the UK, she owned a edifice named ‘Sola’s Kitchen’.

She said, “If I spell to the UK and merchantability eba, I’ll marque my money. If I lavation the dishes, it’s nary problem. I’m earning. The lone happening that bothers maine is that they accused maine of carrying cocaine successful Saudi Arabia.”

Background

Ms Sobowale enjoyed a prolific acting vocation spanning implicit 4 decades.

Initially drawn to the vibrant amusement country successful Ibadan, Nigeria, she began her travel arsenic a caput successful grooming astatine Sight and Sound earlier transitioning to the University of Ibadan’s Department of Music, acknowledgment to Tunji Oyelana’s encouragement.

However, her passionateness for theatre yet led her to prosecute theatre arts.

Before gaining wide recognition, she appeared successful notable bid similar ‘The Village Headmaster’ and ‘Mirror successful the Sun’ and signifier productions specified arsenic Femi Osofisan’s ‘Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again’.

Her breakthrough came with the relation of Toyin Tomato successful ‘Super Story: Oh Father! Oh, Daughter’.

Following a hiatus, she returned to the manufacture successful 2016 with notable roles successful ‘The Wedding Party’ and its sequel, arsenic good arsenic the critically acclaimed ‘King of Boys and its consequent series.

In 2022, she expanded her repertoire by landing her archetypal Bollywood relation successful an upcoming movie directed by Hamisha Daryani Ahuja.

In 2023, she starred successful Anikulapo and its sequel, Anikulapo: The Rise to Spectre, alongside different deed films.