Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing, has apologised to the
Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria days after she and
fellow actress, Iyabo Ojo, were issued a stern warning for embarrassing the
association.
The actress also apologised to Jide Kosoko, a veteran actor
who is also a member of the board of trustees of TAMPAN.
Blessing had earlier been suspended alongside another actor,
Kehinde Adams, aka Lege, for fighting dirty on social media over the arrest of
their colleague, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, also known as Baba Ijesha, who was
accused of sexually molesting a minor.
Shortly after, the Board of Trustees of TAMPAN and the Elders of the Nigerian Motion Picture Industry also barred their members from engaging Ojo and Blessing in movie projects.
Her apology comes few hours after Ojo tendered her apology
to TAMPAN.
Blessing on her verified Instagram page wrote, “The last
couple of days have been of mixed feelings, anger, concern, disbelief, shock,
and confusion.
“I did not get why TAMPAN directed their members not to work
with me because there is nowhere that I spoke against TAMPAN, respected elders
and colleagues who are their members.
“The only thing I have done is to speak against the culture
of rape, pedophilia attitude and stood against Legemiami who tactically gave
support to a man who has been alleged to sexually harass a minor.
“I will never be friends with those who are friendly towards
assault, sexual harassment and molestion of any kind. I had to speak against
this culture because this minor needs to be protected and this is not just about
the minor in particular, it’s about the minors all over the world especially
minors in the Nigerian space.
“For so long a time, many people do not see what the big
deal is about sexual harassment, rape and assault on women generally and the
sickening trend now are those men who seek pleasure in assaulting minors
sexually.
“No reasonable person should keep quiet upon hearing about
the assault of a minor. As much as we should seek the truth, our first reaction
should be to protect the minor and perpetuate awareness against sexual assault
of minors, that was what I did and I would be more than glad to do that again,”
she said.
Blessing stated that she has nothing but love and respect
for TAMPAN, its members, and the elders.
She acknowledged the fact that her response to Kosoko’s
threat against her career was disrespectful and apologised.
She said, “I sincerely apologise to him and I say I’m sorry
sir…as I was driven by emotions but I will never be sorry for standing against rape,
sexual assault and molestation of minors”.
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