Never been to Saudi Arabia – Sola Sobowale Clarifies Rumoured Arrest For Drug Trafficking

Veteran Nollywood Star, Sola Sobowale has clarified old rumours that she was allegedly arrested for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia.

Featuring on a a recent episode of the ‘King of Talk’ podcast with Teju Babyface, the 58-year-old film star said  “the worst of the rumours I heard about me was when they said Sola Sobowale had been killed in Saudi Arabia. and that I carried cocaine.

“It was written here in Nigeria. I was arrested in Saudi Arabia. That there, they amputated my leg and my hand. And I said to them that I am a star in Nigeria and that they should kill me.

“So when I now got to Nigeria, at the airport, they said ‘Sola Sobowale is dead’. I said do you believe in abracadabra? I said I am alive. I have never been to Saudi Arabia.

“I do not even know where it is on the map. So many negative things. But to God be the glory. God has compensated me.”

The veteran actress disclosed that she paused her career to prioritize her children, emphasizing that she didn’t expect anything in return.

She also recalled leaving her lucrative acting job, which was earning her over N5 million within months in the early 2000s, for menial jobs in England.