Wunmi Toriola Biography – Age, Family, Assault On Maid and Net Worth

Wunmi Toriola Biography – Age, Family, Assault On Maid and Net Worth

Olawunmi Toriola is a Nigerian actress and movie producer from Ogun state. She is popularly called Wunmi Toriola which is derived from her name.

Profile Summary

Age

She was born on the 11th of July 1988 in Lagos state to a disciplinary and strict father; she, however, lost her mother while she was growing up. She has three siblings, but there are no details about them available online.

Education

Wunmi Toriola had her primary and secondary school in Lagos, after which she gained admission to the University of Ilorin, where she graduated with a degree in Art.

She was also interested in acting and went on to join Odunfa Caucus, a Yoruba theatre group led by Yinka Quadri, Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo), Abbey Lanre, Sunny Ali, and Razak Ajao; she bagged a diploma in theatre arts from the group.

Career

After joining Odunfa Caucus in 2009, she landed her first role in the movie titled “Isese Lagba”, produced by Tawa Ajisefeni.

Over the years, she gained more experience in the industry and went from being an actress to becoming a movie producer.

So far, Wunmi Toriola has produced 13 movies and has featured in over 100 movies since she made her debut as an actress.

Her first project as a producer was ”Ajewunmi”, released in 2012, which further brought her to the limelight.

Some other movies she has acted in are; Eto, Obinrin, My Past, Amomo Beta, Lori Titi, among others.

Wunmi has acted in movies like Double Double, Eni Owo, Babatunde Ishola Folorunsho, Iya Aje, Wedding Ring, The Ring, Atorise, among others.

In 2018, she was named the “Fastest Rising Actress (Yoruba)” award at the City People Awards.

She and actress Toyin Abraham used to be friends, but their once cordial relationship crashed when she advised Toyin to return to her ex-husband, Adeniyi Johnson. The two stars have, however, since apologised to each other and are now getting along together.

Marriage

Wunmi Toriola is married to a US-based man, who she met on Facebook on the 13th of May, 2018, but his name remains a mystery to date.

During the pregnancy of their son named Zion, rumours went viral that her marriage had crashed. This started after she deleted every of her husband’s photos on her social media accounts few weeks after the birth of their son.

Wunmi would, however, debunk the reports as she said she deliberately deleted the photos.

Her son Zion, who she gave birth to in 2019 in the US, started school in 2021, and the actress also shared photos from his first day at school on social media.

Assault On Maid

She was accused of assaulting her maid and dump her by the roadside after forcing her to write an under-taking in a police station.

Wunmi Toriola’s maid Motunrayo Azeeze says the husband of the actress also called a soldier to beat her up in their home after they accused her of drugging her son. Read full details below:

“She asked why I gave the baby drugs without her permission and I apologised for that, but she started accusing me of always drugging her son to make him sleep and I told her that yesterday (Friday) was the first time I would give him the drugs: Paracetamol and Vitamin C, with the cough drug she bought.

“I was surprised about the allegation because I had no reason to drug her son; but she said she did not want to meet at home when she returned. So, I packed my bags and sat at the entrance of the gate outside, but she later called the gateman not to allow me to go out.

“When she came back around 8pm, she started shouting and cursing me. She later said I should enter her car that we were going to a police station. I entered the car because my mind was clean towards her and her son. Instead of driving to the police station, she drove to the estate gate and dropped me with the guards and told them that they must not allow me to go.

“She started beating me at the gate and later carried me back home. When we got home, she ordered that I should be locked inside a room; later, her husband called a soldier, who came to beat me with a horsewhip and used electric shocker on me,” Azeez said.

The 27-year-old maid also added that Wunmi vowed to lock her up in the house for three weeks to monitor her son’s health. However, when Azeez’s mother pleaded on her behalf, the actress reportedly took her to a police station to write an undertaking.

“After we left the police station, she suddenly parked in the middle of the road and started beating me and dragging my phone that she wanted to seize it. She scattered my clothes on the road; people were just watching us, thinking we were acting a movie. But when they saw that I came outside the car and started crying and begging her, they asked me what happened.

“She later gave me my phone and drove off. I was packing my clothes from the road with the help of people when I explained what happened to them. They told me to report her to the police; two people followed me to report at the station.“I didn’t get myself with the beating I received from her and the soldier. I want justice because I only gave her son drugs out of a pure mind.”

Toriola, who denied beat Azeez, said her son had slept for days before and seeing the nanny giving him drugs without her permission raised her suspicion. She alleged that neighbours had reported to her that the nanny always beat her child.

She said, “Apparently, she knew that there was a camera inside, so she would take the boy outside and beat him.“ One week later, I discovered that my son that was active was just sleeping, so catching her on camera giving him drugs raised my suspicion. My son’s cough had gone like two weeks ago, so for her to still be giving him cough drugs without telling me that my son was running a temperature or coughing means she intentionally gave my son the drugs around 6pm so that he could sleep and she could press her phone.

“When I got home, I asked what happened; I didn’t beat her because when I attempted to beat her, she dodged my hand. I called my husband, and he told me not to take any step till he got back. When he came, he called the police to pick her to go and write a statement. But I was the one begging on her behalf that they should not take her away because her people were also begging me.

“I don’t want a case because her mother called me from Epe, begging me to let her go, which I did only for me to now get your message. Now, I’m going to open the case; I’m going to take the case to Panti (SCIID); I have all the evidence of what she did.”

Net Worth

Wunmi Toriola has done quite well for herself and has built a successful acting career in the Yoruba sector of the movie industry. She reportedly has a net worth valued between $100,000 and $350,000.