“Are You Guys Daft?” — Bidemi Kosoko Slams Critics With Birth Certificate, Declares “I’m 40, Take It or Leave It”

Abdulhameed Sherif · Entertainment · Nov 12, 2026

Nollywood actress Bidemi Kosoko has had enough. After weeks of being dragged online over her age, the daughter of veteran actor Jide Kosoko has fired back with both barrels—and a birth certificate.

The controversy began innocently enough. On October 21, 2026, Bidemi Kosoko celebrated her 40th birthday, surrounded by friends and colleagues in the movie industry. But the milestone quickly curdled into scepticism. Social media users insisted she was younger than she claimed, with some arguing she was born in 1988—which would make her 38—and others claiming they grew up with her and knew she was not yet 40. The whispers grew louder when her father, veteran actor Jide Kosoko, publicly stated her age in his birthday post, prompting some to accuse him of deliberately inflating it.

By November 11, 2026, Bidemi had reached her limit. Taking to Instagram with a series of videos, she displayed what she said was her original birth certificate, showing her date of birth as October 21, 1986. The document, she said, proved she had just turned 40—and that her father had not lied. “I was born in 1986. My dad also came out and told you guys I was born in 1986. What exactly do you want with my age? What will it do to you?” she demanded.

Her frustration boiled over into outright fury. She called her critics “stupid and daft people chasing clout on the internet” and questioned why her age had become a national obsession. “On a normal day I won’t be bothered but it is getting too much, you just keep insulting me,” she said. She also dismissed the suggestion that she had any reason to lie: “I cannot even lie about my age. My dad was not around when they gave birth to me. It was some of his colleagues who stood in as parents for him on my naming ceremony. If I lied, those people would come out and disregard my claim”.

The actress also used the opportunity to shut down a secondary controversy that had been dragged into the fray: comparisons between her age and that of her elder sister, fellow actress Sola Kosoko. According to Bidemi, Sola is 46 and will turn 47 in January—but crucially, Sola is not her immediate elder sister. “We have three siblings in between us,” she clarified. She also addressed rumours about people living together at her residence in Abule Egba, insisting that sharing a space did not make people age-mates.

But perhaps the most revealing detail came when Bidemi admitted that she had not always been so forthcoming about her birth year. “I used to reduce my age before,” she confessed. It was her father who put a stop to it. “It was even my dad who cautioned me”. The irony was not lost on her critics: the woman now demanding that the world accept her stated age had once been complicit in the very ambiguity she was now railing against. But for Bidemi, the past was irrelevant. This was 40—a round figure, a milestone worth celebrating, and she was not going to let anyone take it from her.

She ended her video with a message that was part exasperation, part surrender. “If you like keep dragging my age, ishoro aye yin ni yen. I won’t talk about this again,” she wrote in the caption. “To those important friends and fam that will feel like ‘ah Bidemi you don’t need this’—emabinu. I just needed to put a stop to this because it is becoming annoying”. To her true fans, she offered blessings; to her detractors, she offered nothing but the birth certificate and a final, unyielding declaration: “I’m 40. Take it or leave it”.