TALENTED Nigeria Comedian and actor, Isaac Olayiwola, popularly known as Layi Wasabi, has shared a personal story about his childhood experiences, which involved his uncle disciplining him.
The award-winning comedian revealed that he was physically disciplined by one of his uncles who travelled for two hours to punish him for poor academic performance.
On the ’90s Baby’ podcast, Layi Wasabi revealed that he had failed physics and struggled with mathematics, leading to his mum inviting his uncle to come over and discipline her son.
“I had uncles that flogged me. I had one that travelled to flog me. He travelled for two hours from Ibadan to Oshogbo to flog me.
“At the time, I passed biology, chemistry but I failed physics. And I had stronger subjects in the art department so it was recommended that I did art. So my mum was upset I wasn’t taking school seriously.
“She called one of my uncles, he said don’t worry I’ll be in Osogbo tomorrow. I was the one that opened the gate for him, assisted him to carry his luggage from his car.
“And he sat down, drank water and said bring your report card. He went through all the courses and said, ‘You failed physics, you didn’t do well in mathematics. Lie down there.’ And I knew what my fate was then,” he said.
Layi won the award for Best Content Creator at the 2024 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards and has acted in movies such as Aníkúlápó and Adire.
