- Damilare Olaiya has unleashed a blistering tirade against his female colleagues who were once the vocal champions of Team Tinubu during the presidential election.
- With scathing words, he accused them of betraying their principles, choosing to remain silent and complacent amidst the nationwide uproar and relentless protests against the severe economic turmoil that has gripped the country under President Tinubu’s new administration.
Damilare Olaiya, the renowned Nigerian actor celebrated for his role in the iconic ‘Super Story’ series, has fired a fiery attack on his colleagues who back President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Speaking passionately at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos during the recent #EndBadGovernance protest, Olaiya didn’t mince words as he decried the rampant corruption, abysmal governance, and the spiraling cost of living plaguing the nation.
In a searing interview with News Central, Olaiya laid bare his frustration and deep-seated anger, declared his unwavering commitment to the cause.
The thespian said he joined the protest to voice his grievances against the federal government, vowing to fight tooth and nail for a brighter future for his children and grandchildren, even if it costs him his life.
With a ferocity that could scorch the earth, Olaiya eviscerated his colleagues who back Tinubu’s regime. He accused them of being nothing more than spineless sycophants, who now, in the face of nationwide outrage and relentless protests, have slinked into the shadows.
He tore into their perceived cowardice, painted a damning picture of these presumed fair-weather allies who, once boisterous in their support for Tinubu , according to him, are now hiding their faces online to escape the fury of the betrayed populace.
Damilare Olaiya avverred;
“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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Nollywood Actor Damilare Olaiya went out on day three of the #EndBadGovernanceProtest and said: ‘bad governance must end… the problems of Nigeria are not intractable, they are human problems and we can solve them if we stem bad governance…bad leaders.’ pic.twitter.com/4tuTTgpcoi
— News Central TV (@NewsCentralTV) August 5, 2024
The #EndBadGovernance demonstrations, which started on August 1, turned violent in some northern states, with security operatives dispersing protesters with tear gas canisters in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Kaduna.
