Nollywood actor Jide Kosoko and several of his colleagues in the Yoruba movie industry, have come under heavy fire, following a viral video on social media where they endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu.
The video shows actors such as Bayo Salami, Yinka Quadri, Femi Adebayo, Fathia Balogun, Madam Saje and a host of others speaking Yoruba, while endorsing the candidacy of Asiwaju Tinubu in the 2023 general elections.
Reacting to the video, Twitter users criticized the actors for their actions, with Jide Kosoko bearing much of the brunt of their anger.
Some criticized the actors for pursuing a tribalistic agenda, seeing as they spoke only Yoruba in the video, while others accused them of looking out for their pockets.
Here are some reactions gathered by The Quest Times:
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@VictorIsrael_ Jide Kosoko and every Yoruba man can go ahead & campaign for Tinubu. Psquare and every Igbo person is free to campaign for @PeterObi but before you make this a Tribal war ask yourself this question, is the price of cooking gas different from tribe to tribe? E dey touch everybody
@cchukudebelu Jide Kosoko was prominent at #OccupyNigeria, even wore the T-Shirt. But he’s maintained a studied silence on social issues (like #EndSARS) over the past 7 years. Now he’s come all out in support of Tinubu. Of course we know where his “motivation” comes from.
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@CokerOlumide1 Competence lo kan, it’s not about tribe. Tinubu is failing even before becoming the president. Sane yorubas like me who are not tribalistic will not vote him. It’s time to stop all these tribal bullshit
@F_S_Yusuf Don’t sit and watch these foolish Nollywood mediocres deceive. Someone like Jide Kosoko was at the forefront of #OcuppyNigeria that brought Buhari to power. Fuel is over 100% high. Same group of people want to push a worse candidate. Call them out, don’t let them ruin ur 8 years
@@_aadedeji Jide Kosoko, Bayo Salami, Yinka Quadri, Femi Adebayo, Faithia Balogun, Madam Saje, Iya Awero & Others Release are just a set of hungry fellows. They are as worse as the Yoruba movies they produce. We always know their end sha.
@SirDavidBent Before you cancel Yoruba Nollywood, not every actor there is supporting Tinubu. Okunnu called out the government in a video and rained curses on them for the incessant hardship. He wasn’t in that video with Jide Kosoko. Neither was Odunlade. Some people still have a conscience.
@franchewx Oga Bello, Jide Kosoko, and others may still endorse their candidate in the person of BAT, while I still root for Peter Obi. But that doesn’t mean I’ll hate on Jide Kosoko. I love the man’s acting. Democracy gives U the freedom to support whomever U want to support openly.
@thepoetpreneur After seeing the curses people rained on the likes of Odunlade, Jide Kosoko, etc., for supporting Tinubu, it’s glaring that many Nigerians still need a lot of learning to do. They are not educated at all. People have the right to vote. Your job is to convince and not curse them.