Nollywood
producer, Ifeanyi Ikpoenyi has condemned Kunle Afolayan’s controversial tweet
tagging Igbos as the main perpetrators of piracy in Nigeria, insisting that the
celebrated producer cum director is not the praises that have been showered on
him.
Afolayan had
taken to his twitter handle to condemned Igbos as the only pirates in the
country, apparently owing to his experience in the hands of pirates. The
controversial tweet has drawn negative reactions from different quarters,
necessitating an apology from the October 1st producer.
Despite his
apology, Ikpoenyi, popularly called Mr. Hollywood, decided to express his anger
against Afolayan, calling the tweet useless and the producer undeserving of all
the praises he has been getting.
Ikpoenyi
said: “I almost ignored Kunle Afolayan’s useless tweets about Igbos being the only
Pirates in Nigeria, because to me, Kunle is just an over rated Nollywood film
maker. He’s not better than Izu Ojukwu, Teco Benson, Obi Emelonye, Chineze
Anyaene to mention but a few.
The secret
of Kunle is his DOP, Yinka Davies, who does everything for him and at the end
of the day, Kunle will just come and announce ‘action’… Give him another local
DOP and see if Kunle is worth all the praises his kinsmen shower on him. Kunle
should thank Peace Anyiam Osigwe for giving him the platform of AMAA as a pedestal
to limelight. Trust me, if Kunle walks the street of Onitsha, Aba, Enugu or any
where outside Yoruba land, not even one person will recognise him as a
celebrity. I will rather worry myself with the Oba’s threat to Ndigbo than
spend one second of my time thinking about Kunle’s senseless tweets about the
Igbos”.
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