Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola has shared the rationale behind her steadfast support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The movie diva, who backed Tinubu in the previous election, said she became more supportive of the then-APC candidate after being intimidated by an opposition supporter for having chosen Tinubu.
She said she was supporting Tinubu more because she wanted to get even with her bully.
In a recent episode of With Chude, Akintola urged Nigerians to respect others’ political beliefs and choices.
“I supported President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the last election because somebody annoyed me with their bullying.
“Nigerians are annoying. Don’t bully other people. We have our rights to differences of opinion. You don’t like this man [Tinubu], cool, you have the right not to like him. You prefer this person, good for you. But don’t bully others.
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“They bullied aunty Joke [Silva] to the point that someone wrote something that was so inhumane. So, I made a video and said, ‘I’m also supporting Tinubu, kill me, let me see if you can change my mind.’
“We need to stop bullying. We need to agree that we can never agree with everybody. That’s what makes us great and beautiful. If we are all the same, it would be a boring life. Till tomorrow, you might not agree that he was the best person for the job, but at that point, that was who I wanted, that was who I voted for. You can’t take my voice away from me; it’s mine,” she expressed.
Rita Daniels, the mother of actress Regina Daniels, was not elected president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
In an election held on Saturday at the Guild’s annual general meeting in Benin, Edo State, Rita was not elected to the post.
Actor Abubakar Yakubu, the AGN National Secretary, defeated her and took Emeka Rollas’ place as the Guild’s President.
Rita received 113 votes, but Yakubu received 116, with three votes being ruled invalid.
