Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, is under fire for his new film
‘Oko Iyabo’ (Iyabo’s husband), which depicted a case involving a fellow actor,
Olanrewaju Omiyinka, fondly known as Baba Ijesha, who was accused of sexually
assaulting a minor.
The minor in the case is the foster daughter of comedienne,
Princess, and actresses like Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing had spoken in
support of the minor.
However, Yomi Fabiyi took sides with Baba Ijesha during the
case and has released the movie a few days after Baba Ijesha was released on
bail.
Reacting to the movie, Nigerians on social media have
slammed Yomi Fabiyi for creating such a movie and for using the names
‘Princess’ and ‘Iyabo’ to depict the real-life situation.
A tweep, @DrOlufunmilayo, wrote, “An underaged girl was
allegedly raped in the past by a Yoruba actor. There’s a video proving further
attempts by the same man. Yomi Fabiyi makes a movie mocking the child, her mom
Princess and Iyabo Ojo the whistleblower. This is a complete utter shame to the
entire Yoruba movie industry.”
Another tweep, @usmanashafe, tweeted, “A little girl was
molested and one Yomi Fabiyi think it’s time to cash out with the story and
then he went ahead to do a movie about it and named it ‘Oko Iyabo’. He knew
some Nigerians are extremely foolish to applaud him and watch the movie and he
banked on that. Shameful.”
“Yomi Fabiyi is an animal and should be treated as such.
Since the day I saw him supporting that Baba Ijesha saga, I get disgusted
anytime I see either him or Baba Ijesha in any Yoruba movie. What is that
stupid movie?” @kankross asked.
@enythn said, “You are absolutely wrong on this one. It
sounds like a mockery even if you are right in the fight that the rule of law
should be respected in this country, you shouldn’t stoop so low to this
level!!! Big shame on you bro!
Blaming society, @xerxesempress said, “The problem is not
Yomi Fabiyi. The problem is not the Yoruba movie industry. The problem is the
society in general where such a thing can happen and the person behind it can
still have a career. The fact that he still has endorsements and is still allowed
to act, explains a lot about us.”
Calling on all Nigerians, @adabekeeblog tweeted, “Please,
simply go on YouTube and report the movie ‘Oko Iyabo’. Yomi Fabiyi is an evil
man. How do you produce a movie about an ongoing rape case and paint the
14-year-old victim as a sugar baby, all to make money and shame the victim??
Nah, it can’t be well with you. Report it!!”
“Yomi Fabiyi is a colossal disgrace. This ‘Oko Iyabo’ movie
he just released is a total fail. Poor acting, poor script, everything about
the movie was poorly done, see the way he tried to shame Iyabo Ojo by saying
she is a prostitute and did juju to become famous,” @bimbexy tweeted.
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