The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has said that the Nollywood celebrities who visited presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu did not represent the interest of the guild.
In a statement signed by the AGN national task force chairman, McSmith Ochendo, on Wednesday, the guild stated that the AGN is a non-political and non-profit making association.
According to McSmith, the clarification became imperative after a cleric identified as Apostle Kassy Chukwu attacked the actors who met Tinubu.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a trending video of one Apostle Kassy Chukwu the self-acclaimed oracle of the nation. In the video, Apostle Kassy @kassychukwu_official could be seen throwing curses and casting aspersions on some members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria who paid a courtesy visit to Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“He went further to deride Nollywood industry, a sector that contributes over 5 percent to the nation’s GDP.
This is very offensive and demeaning to the Actors Guild of Nigeria. The individual actors who visited Senator Ahmed bola Tinubu do not represent the Actors Guild of Nigeria. As individual actors, they are at liberty to visit, promote and even endorse whoever they deem fit to occupy the highest office in the land.
“Actors Guild of Nigeria is a non-political and non-profit making Association. It is an individual’s prerogative to support whoever they deem and it is not enough for one so-called man of God to castigate and call out the whole of NOLLYWOOD and their families.
“It baffles us that a man who claims to be a servant of God could be seen throwing curses on members and families of the entire Nollywood. It is highly libelous. We call on CAN/PFN and all other Christian bodies to call this nescience Pastor and his Luciferous preaching to order. Enough is enough. NB. NO MAN HAS THE MONOPOLY OF CYBERBULLYING.”
In a video that went viral in November 2021, John Okafor (Mr Ibu), Foluke Daramola, Harry B Anyanwu and Benedict Johnson were seen in the company of Tinubu supporters during a campaign event for the former Governor of Lagos State.
