Nollywood actress Nkechi Blessing on Sunday tendered a public apology to the umbrella physique of Yoruba actors and filmmakers in Nigeria (TAMPAN) over her Could 2021 social media spat together with her colleague Lege Maimi, which resulted in a suspension.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that TAMPAN suspended each actors indefinitely from showing on Yoruba film units following their heated verbal trade on Instagram after she and fellow actress Iyabo Ojo vocally criticised actor Baba Ijesha for defiling comic Princess’s daughter.
On 14 July 2022, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of Ikeja Particular Offences Courtroom convicted and sentenced the comedian actor for raping a 14-year-old minor after over 12 months of trial.
In response, veteran actor Jide Kosoko barred administrators from working with Blessing and Iyabo Ojo, prompting Nkechi to mock the affiliation’s resolution.
On the Celebrities Leisure Awards in Canada on Sunday, Blessing
who began her film profession in 2008 and produced her first film, Omoge Lekki, in 2015, reconsidered her actions.
In a video trending on-line, she publicly apologised to TAMPAN’s president, Mr Latin. She knelt on stage with a microphone, providing a heartfelt apology to the affiliation amidst tears.
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She stated, “I’m so sorry for all that I did. I’m begging from the underside of my coronary heart that I miss the trade. You all made me who I’m at the moment. I’m being celebrated all around the world due to you. Please, I’m sorry.”
In the identical video, Odunlade Adekola praised her for apologising, and TAMPAN’s president, Mr Latin, additionally acknowledged her apology and forgave her, bringing a way of decision to the scenario.
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After the suspension was introduced, Lege Maimi appealed his suspension in a one-minute video captioned “I’m sorry.”
In the meantime, Blessing, in defiance, renounced her affiliation with TAMPAN by way of an Instagram video.
Within the Instagram video, the actor questioned the rationale behind her suspension and criticised the affiliation.
She stated, “It got here as a shock to me as a result of often, in an organised organisation, you’re not imagined to serve anyone a letter on social media. I didn’t be a part of the trade via social media; that’s the primary error they wrote to themselves, to not me.
“You declare I’m one among your members in your affiliation, you didn’t name me, you didn’t ship a textual content, you didn’t ship an electronic mail. You didn’t attempt contacting me in any manner, and you set up no matter you set up on Instagram with out even tagging me; another particular person despatched it to me; who does that?
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Blessing, who has appeared in a number of films, together with Destiny of Alakada, Tanwa Savage, Breaded Life, Metropolis Hustlers, and Ada Omo Daddy, added, “All of us have the appropriate to precise our opinions on our platforms. How will you droop me once I’ve by no means been part of your affiliation or attended your conferences?”
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