Veteran Nollywood actor, Bolaji Amusan, better known as Mr Latin has reacted to the ongoing child rape case against Olanrewaju James alias Baba Ijesha, his fellow actor in Yoruba movie industry.
Mr Latin in a barely three minutes video shared on his Instagram page condemned in totality what Baba Ijesha did.
Recall that Baba Ijesha was recently arrested after he confessed to molesting the teenager and Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that the actor sexually assaulted the teenager when she was just seven-year-old.
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The veteran actor has now revealed that he has been receiving calls from different persons to ban the comic actor from Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) which Mr Latin heads.
Mr Latin, however, stated categorically that Ijesha was never a member of the association so cannot be banned.
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He stressed that as a colleague in the industry, the best he can do is to condemn the act labelled against Ijesha, adding that no right thinking human will do such a thing as done by the comic actor.
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Watch Mr Latin below as he state his stand on the sexual assault against Ijesha.
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Meanwhile,TAMPPAN had released a statement on Ijesha’s case earlier, Naija News understands
It reads;
We find it obligatory to condemn in totality the odious occurrence of pedophilia confessed to by Mr. Olanrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha as confirmed by the police. Our association TAMPAN is crestfallen about this act and will reproach and remonstrate the committer of such exclusive sexual harassment to prepubescent children.
Considering the sensitivity of the case, which is still under investigation according to Lagos State Commissioner of Police, TAMPAN will never support all acts against what we preach and represent. As an association, we understand the Mores and Social Norm of our people and our behavior will always be homiletic. Therefore, we would not fail to support government in its bid to do justice towards ensuring that such ignoble acts are checked within our society.
We sympathize with the parents of the victim and also seize this opportunity to charge all parents to give their children or wards freedom to express themselves for a timely arrest of such horrible acts whenever such are committed.
Finally, we will always stand for actions that are morally standard and continue to be law-abiding.
Signed:
Yemi Amodu
Director of Research & Documentation
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