Hilda Dokubo, Nigerian actress, has kicked against the
appointment of Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, as one of the
patrons of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
In a video shared on her social media page on Monday, the
veteran movie star condemned the AGN’s decision to name the senator as its
patron.
The legislator attracted negative
attention after he was captured in a video beating a female attendant at a sex
shop in Abuja in May 2019.
After the heated controversies that ensued, the lawmaker had
apologised and would later plead not guilty in court after being charged with
assault.
Citing the incidence as an instance, Dokubo said his
appointment as patron would not only smear the image of others on the list but
the AGN as a whole.
“When you appoint a patron, it because the patron has
something you want to gain and leverage on. It could be financial or moral
gain,” she said in the video.
“This last week, the actors guild of Nigeria had an
investiture for patrons and the unveiling of her dream secretariat. Then I saw
his picture among those appointed as patrons.
“Then I began to ask myself how come? How did we get here?
How did he get on that line, considering his reputation? Okay, is it money that
we want? Who was he before he became a senator? We want him to give us money
that he can’t explain how he got? How did get into the line patrons that have
people like me.”
Describing the lawmaker as an “abuser of women”, the actress
said Abbo lacks the character and requisite reputation to serve as the patron
of an organisation such as the AGN.
“An abuser of women as Patron of Actors Guild of Nigeria is
an unpardonable abuse of the rights of all the females in the creative space
especially #actors,” she wrote on Instagram.
“We must stop every attempt at rubbishing our values as a
people with such appointments in whatever guise. Consequently, Senator Abbo
#sextoysenator must be delisted from our list of Patrons now.”
Recall that the lawmaker had snagged “Beacon of Hope” award
in December last year.
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