{"id":213549,"date":"2025-07-04T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=213549"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:17:00","slug":"i-would-have-suffered-in-america-if-not-for-soji-omobanke-jigan-baba-oja-emotionally-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/04\/i-would-have-suffered-in-america-if-not-for-soji-omobanke-jigan-baba-oja-emotionally-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"I would have suffered in America if not for Soji Omobanke \u2013 Jigan Baba Oja emotionally reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Nollywood actor Jigan Baba Oja is a believer of giving flowers while people are still alive, as he publicly showered accolades on fellow actor Soji Taiwo, also known as Soji Omo Banke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a touching revelation, Jigan opened up about how Soji literally took him in, fed him, and looked after him during a tough period while he was in the United States. Jigan said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf not for Soji Omo Banke, I would have suffered greatly when I went to America,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe gave me shelter, food, and never asked for anything in return. He would even leave his room for me and sleep in the living room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213552\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7267.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7267.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7267-300x288.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7267-1024x984.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7267-768x738.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soji Omo Banke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jigan recalled how Soji supported him in every possible way, even going as far as sacrificing MC gigs and handing them over to Jigan just to help boost his career abroad. He continued:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe\u2019d tell people to let me anchor events in his place, then drive me there and give me all the money. He never took a dime from me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Grateful and emotional, Jigan added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOnly God can bless him for what he did. I will never forget his kindness till I die.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He ended by reminding fans that true character is often only revealed through close relationships, describing Soji as calm, selfless, and rare in the entertainment world.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213551\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7268.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7268.jpeg 415w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7268-168x300.jpeg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jigan Baba Oja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, veteran Nollywood actor and director Richards Oguntimehin, popularly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/04\/how-quitting-smoking-almost-klled-me-don-richard\/\">Don Richard, has stunned fans with a deeply personal health confession that flips the typical narrative about clean living.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a candid new revelation, the <em>Oba Omo<\/em> actor disclosed that he became seriously ill not while drinking or smoking, but two years after he quit both habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/04\/how-quitting-smoking-almost-klled-me-don-richard\/\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Don Richard noted that what he thought was a healthy lifestyle change ended up being the beginning of a difficult and mysterious health journey that almost unalived him.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actor Jigan Baba Oja is a believer of giving flowers while people are still alive, as he publicly showered accolades on fellow actor Soji Taiwo, also known as Soji Omo Banke. 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