Veteran Nigerian actor, Damilare Olaiya, has stated that his colleagues who supported the Tinubu-led administration are now hiding in shame due to the economic crisis in the nation so that they do not get dragged by Nigerians.
The movie star in an interview
with News Central, at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos during the
#EndBadGovernance protest, expressed willingness to “die if need be” in order
to fight for a better future for his children and grandchildren.
Olaiya said he joined the
protest to register his grievances with the federal government against poor
governance, corruption, and the increasing cost of living in the country.
Olaiye also accused the
government of sponsoring the thugs that marred the #EndSARS protest in 2020.
He said, “We are saying that
bad governance must end. The problems of Nigeria are not intractable. They are
human problems and we can solve them if we end bad governance, bad leaders.
“For my colleagues, a lot of
them that have taken the side of government, their comment sections have been
put off. I do not want to mention names. Some of our veteran Nollywood
actresses who supported this government are hiding their faces today. They
cannot get the backlash from Nigerians.
“But I am telling you, for
those of us who still believe in this country, for those of us who have
continuously fought, from the time I was an undergraduate, to the time before I
got married, to the time I got married, to the time I had my children, to the
time my children started having their own children. Today I am a grandfather, I
am still in this struggle. I am telling you, even if they end our lives bad
governance must end. We are prepared to die.
“For the #EndSARS protest, the
world knows that it was the government that sponsored thugs, put them in Lagos
BRT vehicles to come to attack protesters. You can see now that we are
peaceful, singing that bad governance must end.
“If the government wants to
tell the soldiers to start shooting us, we will die, but we know that the
soldiers too will die one day. The people that send them too will die. This
life that I have is for Nigeria, for my children’s children and I am ready to
die if need be.''
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