Still shaken up by how close I came to physically hurting another human being - Actor Deyemi Okanlawon shares his experience with area boys.

Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon, has shared the agonizing experience he had with some area boys in Lagos state today.

In a series of tweets, Deyemi said a motorist had scratched his car and while in talks with his assistant as to how the car can be fixed, the erring driver raised a false alarm, claiming his assistant was a thief. The area boys immediately gathered and were about to descend on his assistant when he intervened.

Read his account of what happened below