Actor in Yoruba Nollywood Babatunde Owokoniran. If you are not very familiar with Yoruba movies, you might not be familiar with him. He frequently appears in Odunlade Adekola’s films, most likely as a result of having learned from him. His journey from conductor to plantain seller to actor is one that is really remarkable.
Biography
Although Babatunde Owokoniran, also known as Tunde Tilapia, hails from Ogun State, he spends the majority of his time in Lagos. He went to Ilupeju College and New Mainland Children School. He was raised in a polygamous household. Up until his mother’s death, everything appeared to be OK. His educational career was interrupted when his father lost the ability to pay for him to attend school.
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Tunde dropped out of school and he decided to look for a way to earn a living.
After searching for a long time, he decided to join the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ojuelegba.However, this was not his choice but Tunde started off as a bus conductor. Just like most conductors, Tunde could only afford managed to feed and clothe himself. He couldn’t afford to rent an apartment he would sleep under a bridge or inside the bus. Few months into the job, he had a heated argument with his driver and this led to him calling it a quit.
After a while, Tunde decided to go into market trading, plantain selling to be specific. He would visit Ojuwoye market in Mushin to buy plantain and then resell at another market. The business really helped him a lot financially and it was way better than his former job. Fortunately for him, he met Odunlade Adekola while he was anchoring a local meeting at Mushin. Tunde decided to walk up to him and asked him to help in building his acting career which Odunlade agreed to after some few minutes of discussion. Later on, Odunlade Adekola – offered him a role in a movie and he played his part excellently. Since then, Babatunde Owokoniran has continued to develop himself and his career.
Babatunde Owokoniran decided to back to school and further his education. He later gained admission into Lagos State University (LASU) to study Industrial Relation and Personnel Management. He later graduated in 2010
Tunde Owokoniran’s Marriage and Family
Babatunde Owokoniran is married to Tunmise, an American citizen. They met during one of Tumise`s visit to Nigeria. He proposed to her on the 19th of January 2016 at the airport. They finally got married on the 24th of January 2016 and they have a beautiful girl to show for it.
Tunde Owokoniran has acted a lot of movies and has also produced several others. Some of the movies include Ilu Alujo, Agbas’se, Sokofun, and Oro jade, Penkele mess, Sokofun, and Sunday Dagboru.
Tunde Owokoniran’s net worth, unfortunately, hasn’t been made public