Baba Ijesha Shares Warning from Two Clerics Before His Legal Issues

Convicted Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, known as Baba Ijesha, has shared that two clerics warned him about trouble with women and possible legal issues before the event that led to his imprisonment. He said he did not pay attention to their warnings.

The actor named the clerics as Prophetess Abimbola Ajayi, founder of Love of Christ Generation Church (Cherubim and Seraphim), and Pastor Israel Ogundipe, also known as Genesis, who leads Genesis Global Ministry.

Baba Ijesha spoke about this during an interview with Dele Adeyanju on Agabletu TV. The video of the interview was posted on the television station’s YouTube channel on Sunday.

Recalling his meeting with Ajayi, the actor said he met her at her church in the United Kingdom while on a trip for shows. He mentioned that he was set to catch a train when his promoter convinced him to attend a church program, where the cleric wanted to speak with him.

Ajayi warned him to be careful with women, especially a short, dark-complexioned person, and that he might face legal trouble. He remembered her saying, "The Spirit of God told me to warn you about women."

“She said the Spirit of God told her that I should beware of a short, dark-complexioned person. She said I would run into trouble and face legal issues, and that I should pray hard so that a lie that looks like the truth would not happen to me,” he added.

Surprised by the warning, he asked Ajayi what he could do to avoid the trouble she predicted. Baba Ijesha said Ajayi told him that prayers were the only solution and suggested he visit her church when he got back to Nigeria.

“She said they could not do anything about it, that it was only prayers. She said the only thing we could do was for me to go to her church so she could get the elders to pray over those things,” he explained.

He admitted that he did not follow her advice when he returned to Nigeria, even though he later tried to reach out to her. The actor also talked about his meeting with Ogundipe, whom he described as someone who had cared for him.

“We went to the evangelist’s house. Immediately, he came; he looked at me and called my name. He lay down and asked me to pass him. He mentioned a name and asked who the person was among my girlfriends. But I could not think of any name,” he said.

Baba Ijesha said the pastor’s words made more sense to him after the incident, claiming the description matched someone involved in the controversy. He praised Ogundipe, calling him a true prophet who hears from God.

“If you see real prophets, prophets who are sent by God, you will understand,” he said.

His account comes years after he was convicted and sentenced for sexual assault and indecent treatment of a child. A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja found him guilty in July 2022, giving him five years for sexual assault and three years for indecent treatment, both served concurrently, based on a 2021 incident.

After some confusion about his release, the Lagos State Government clarified that he was not acquitted but was released after completing his prison term. The state Attorney-General, Lawal Pedro, said the Court of Appeal canceled some previous convictions but upheld the 2021 sexual assault conviction.

Baba Ijesha is now on Lagos State’s sex offenders’ register.

In another interview with veteran broadcaster Yinka Ayefele on Fresh FM, reported by PUNCH Online on March 23, 2026, the actor denied being a paedophile or rapist. He said he was tricked with food and money under the guise of a movie role before the incident that got him arrested.

“I am not a paedophile, I am not a rapist. It was destiny that punished me,” he stated during the interview.