Desmond Elliot, a politician and actor in Nollywood, lamented the extent of animosity he encounters due to a remark he made in 2020.
Remember how Elliot faced blowback in 2020 during the #ENDSARS protest after a video of him calling Nigerian youths “children” (among other things) during a plenary session at the Lagos state House of Assembly went viral?
Most young people in Nigeria seemed to be outraged by the comment, and they haven’t been silent about it since.
The politician apologised for the remark while appearing on TVC’s Your View, “Let’s Talk,” and said he made it out of emotion.
According to Elliot, the hatred he has received on the heels of the comment was ‘too much’, calling on Nigerians to spread love instead.
“I’m still apologising to those who must have misconstrued what I said. I said I was taken by emotions,” he said.
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“But, in the end, it still didn’t take away from the facts; the hatred is too much, the polity, the hatred is too much.”
The actor-cum-politician also revealed that the hatred has extended to the streets as he gets verbal attacks whenever he steps out.
“I’m in politics now for eight years and I still stand on the fact that love conquers all. I mean I’ve gone out in the streets and people still curse me,” he said.
“But I’m not afraid, I’m not ashamed because they don’t understand the stress that you go through.”
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