I AM BEING HATED ON - DESMOND ELLIOT

Desmond Elliott

The hating is too much... Desmond Elliott says

Desmond Elliot, a politician and actor in Nollywood, laments the extent of animosity he encounters due to a remark he made in 2020.

Remember that in 2020, during the #ENDSARS protest, a video of Elliot referring to Nigerian youths as children (along with other comments) garnered a flood of criticism. Recently, during a plenary session at the Lagos state House of Assembly, politician and Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot lamented the level of hatred he encounters from people due to the comment he made in 2020.

Remember how Elliot faced outrage in 2020 during the #ENDSARS movement after a video surfaced showing him calling Nigerian youths "children" (among other remarks) during a plenary session at the Lagos state House of Assembly. become widely known.

Most young people in Nigeria seemed to be outraged by the comment, and they haven't been silent about it since.

The politician apologized for the remark while appearing on TVC's Your View, "Let's Talk," and said he made it out of emotion.

Elliot urged Nigerians to spread love in its place because the backlash to his comment was "too much" and included hate speech.

"I'm still apologising to those who must have misconstrued what I said. said was taken by emotions," he said.

"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."

Elliot urged Nigerians to spread love in its place because the backlash to his comment was "too much" and included hate speech.

"I'm in politics now for eight years and 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."