- Funke Akindele has warmed the hearts of many with her post about Layi Wasabi, a social media content creator cum actor.
- The actress, who launched her latest cinema movie in December has made headlines a gazillion times since then.
- Layi, being one of her cast members triggered the actress to pour her heart out to him and hyped his uniqueness
Funke Akindele, a Nigerian movie producer, actress and director has celebrated one of their favourites, Layi Wasabi whose real name is Isaac Olayiwola.
Layi, although young, has recorded tremendous growth in the Nigerian digital content creation industry, bagging several awards over the years and has just newly ventured into Nollywood.
As one of the top cast on Funke Akindele’s Everybody Loves Jenifa, Layiwola earned accolades from Funke Akindele.
The accomplished creative went online using her official Instagram page to celebrate the young talent. Dedicating a post to him, Funke Akindele described Layi Wasbai as one with a rare gift.
In her own words:
“Olayiwola mi, you have a unique gift,a perspective that the world needs. Go for it!!! The Lord has your back and I’ve got yours too!!! Love you Son.”
The said post has now generated many emotional reactions, and fans praise Funke Akindele for having so much love to share.
Responding to the outpour of support in the comment section of the post, Layi Wasabi responded with a love declaration. He revealed the extent to which he loved the actress. Layi Wasabi wrote:
“Thank you Mama! Love you like crazy”
See screenshot of post below:
It will be recalled that Funke Akindele previously shared the secret to her unique marketing strategy with her fans during an event put together by Mo Abudu.
According to her, she practices blue ocean marking and sticks to originality, which is what keeps her audience glued to her page.