The wife of Babatunde Omidina, the late Yoruba comic actor popularly known as Baba Suwe, Ayodele Omidina has opened up on the reason behind their separation.
Ayodele during a recent interview disclosed that the late actor “abandoned” her after marrying his colleague Omoladun.
She added that despite her efforts and interventions from others, Baba Suwe never provided an explanation for ending their marriage.
“It’s true, Baba Suwe abandoned me after he married Omoladun. He didn’t give any explanation despite several people going to meet him for reconciliation,” she said.
“So I accepted my fate. However, he still took care of his kids.”
On how they met, Ayodele, who started acting in 1979, said: “We have been together before he (Baba Suwe) started acting. I was still in school when he said he wanted to marry me.”
According to her, after the seperation, Baba Suwe discouraged filmmakers from casting her by spreading the notion that she was solely a housewife.
“I stopped featuring in movies after we separated, but I wasn’t hurt that people stopped calling me for roles because that was something Baba Suwe had already put in place,” she added.
“He used to tell people that they couldn’t cast me all the time because I was a full housewife. That mindset stuck with many of them, which is why they still don’t reach out for movie roles. However, I’m still interested.”
Baba Suwa was born on August 22, 1958. He died on November 22, 2021.