Yoruba actor, YomiFash Lanso, was nearly mobbed by his fans at D’Rovans Hotel in Ibadan area on Thursday afternoon.
Eye witness accounts had it that Fash-Lanso, in company with one of
his colleagues at a fashion school in the area, was sighted by few
students of the school and asked him and his colleague for autographs,
but he bluntly refused their requests despite all pleas.
According to witnesses, his colleague complied while Fash-Lanso did
not, prompting the school’s proprietor to appeal to him to give the
students his autograph.
To the students’, proprietor’s and passers-bye’s amazement, the actor
declined to sign any autograph, saying he would not give his autograph.
Within the twinkle of an eye, amazement turned into fury as the fans nearly mobbed him, calling him names.
One of the witnesses said that the actor’s reaction did not
surprise him as he had heard from many that the actor was an arrogant
person.
“I have always heard that YomiFash-Lanso is arrogant but I did not
believe it until now. I used to like him, but with that display he
showed, he’s really a …”
Another quipped that; “I don’t understand why people would want an
autograph from him. The guy is too full of himself and it’s not as if he
acts that well. We have seen the likes of Oga Bello, Ogogo, Yinka
Quadri and Funsho Adeolu come personally down to greet us and sign
autographs for us here. It is a shame that an actor would display this
kind of pride and arrogance to his fans. Doesn’t he know that without
his fans, he is nothing?”
It took the intervention of the school proprietor, the actor’s
colleague and some other people in the vicinity to prevail upon the fans
who had made up their minds to deal with him.