Veteran Nollywood actor Jibola Dabo in this recent
interview with Christian Agadibe revealed his past
battle with depression that almost ended his life.
The grey-bearded actor who has over 30 years of
acting experience revealed how he almost killed
himself in his youth days.
Interview excerpt below;
Was there a time you were at the crossroads
and contemplated suicide?
Yeah…I wanted to run in front of a car at a point. I
was homeless; I had nowhere to sleep. There was no
food and I couldn’t steal so I just got tired of
everything so I closed my eyes and tried to jump in
front of a car and the guy who was at the wheels spat on me and said, ‘oloshi!’
What were you doing during that particular
time? I was looking for a job. I dropped out of secondary school because things were not happening so I said ‘let this thing just go!’At the time I was stuck. I left my village after I finished secondary school and came to earn a living but things just weren’t working out.
That was when I took the decision to end it all.
Eventually, things picked up a bit for my mum and I
went back home and finished secondary school and
then I started the second phase of my suffering. But
at that time, I had a focus; I knew that I was going to be okay.

Did you help your mum in hawking or
anything?
Oh yeah I did a lot of it. I know you probably read this from the paper or the net. I hawked agidi and
kerosene.
You talked about your late mother, what do
you miss about her?
My mum and I were very close. We talked a lot.
Among all her kids I was the closest to her; I was the one who always came and sat down with her and we talked. I miss that.
What was the best advice she gave to you?
She told me I was going to have a lot of women in my life like my father but she advised me never in my life should I come close to another man’s wife; I will not forget that advice.

Jibola Dabo is a polygamist and a popular
Nollywood actor. He turned 69 last month.



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thnk gawd he didnt, otherwise we'd hav lost a rare lconoclast

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Dd u read the whole passage?? or u just wanted to b 1st to comment

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thank God he didn't commit the suicide. Had he committed the act, this thread would never exist and none of us would comment on it.

Dis man go don taste tonto toto hehehehehe

Life is wonderful! God saved this man that day, if not, he'd have been HISTORY. Most successful ppl today had a rough beginning but they took the bitter pill and paid the price for success--hardwork.
Success is the Price for the Prize.

drug and more drugs. u get ? coded.

He looks very agile&healthy@69. Thank God for your life Uncle Jibola