Desmond Elliot has apologised to the Nigerian youth, saying
the “hate I receive is so much.”
In 2020, the lawmaker was criticised after he declared that
he “is a product of political godfatherism.”
Also, following the shooting of protesters at the Lekki toll
gate in the same year, a video of Elliot referring to #EndSARS activists as
“children” at the Lagos state assembly surfaced.
He was thereafter labeled “Nigeria Twitter’s number one
scapegoat”, with memes and banter from users straying his way for days.
In a chat with TVC, the lawmaker said he has been
apologising but “the hatred is too much”.
“I’m still apologising to those who must have misconstrued
what I said, I said I was taken by emotions,” he said.
“But, in the end, it still didn’t take away from the facts,
the hatred is too much, the polity, the hatred is too much.”
The actor-turned-politician also said people still cast
aspersions on him in the streets.
“I’m in politics now for eight years and I still stand on
the fact that love conquers all. I mean I’ve gone out in the streets and people
still curse me,” he said.
“But I’m not afraid, I’m not ashamed because they don’t
understand the stress that you go through.”
The politician further clarified that he didn’t refer to the
collective youth as “children”.
He said he was talking to teenagers who insulted the speaker
in the house of Assembly.
“I wasn’t referring to everybody as children, it was the
people that were on Mr. Speaker’s handle, that were talking to Mr. Speaker that
I was referring to,” he said.
“And truly, they were teenagers when I clicked on those cursing Mr. Speaker and that is exactly what I said but I’m sorry again.”
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Is okay, don't contest again.
ReplyDeleteYou and your political godfather should go and rest.
Now that you know that the hatred is much, and the vote will count with the use Of BVAS,IF you insist on running, you may end up running in vain
You think you can just talk to us like that and go free I call you by your name Desmoth you I a full
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DeleteDesmond you won’t win this election stop wasting your time
ReplyDeleteAnd you know this cuz you're in his constituency or what?
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