Nollywood actresses, Hilda Dokubo and Kate Henshaw lead online protest against the appointment of Elisha Abbo as Actor’s Guild of Nigeria patron

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In a video currently making the rounds, Hilda Dokubo calls out the AGN for appointing Elisha Abbo as Patron

Hilda Dokubo has expressed her displeasure at the appointment of Senator Elisha Abbo as a patron of the Actors Guild of Nigeria.

Hours after the video broke on Monday, March 16, 2020, Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw took to social media to announce that she’s reached out to the president of the guild but has so far not gotten a response.

She shared: 

” Still waiting on your response @emekarollas …..I will reach out to you again like I did yesterday and I would like you to kindly explain what thought processes led to this! The Actors Guild Of Nigeria deserves better and this is definitely not it!!!”

Senator Elisha Abbo made headlines back in July 2019 after a CCTV footage of him assaulting a female staff of a sex toy shop in Abuja emerged. The infamous senator pulled a number of theatrics in the wake of the video that made headlines.

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An abuser of women as Patron of Actors Guild of Nigeria is an unpardonable abuse of the rights of all the females in the creative space especially #actors. We must stop every attempt at rubbishing our values as a people with such appointments in whatever guise. Consequently, Senator Abbo #sextoysenator must be delisted from our list of Patrons now. @k8henshaw @ajokesilva @ibinabofiberesima @uchejumbo @shangeorgefilms @omonioboli @monalisacode @ritadominic @iamshaffybello @realomosexy @genevievennaji @uzoosimkpa @stelladamasus @stephanielinus @mofedamijo @nfvcb @alibabagcfr @gideonokeke.ng @@oshinbose @bimboakintola @iniedo @instablog9ja @bimboademoye @actionaidnigeria @fida.nigeria @unwomen @bbcnews @drjoeodumakin @macfound Please keep tagging all stakeholders until he either steps aside or gets delisted by those who appointed him #saveourwomen #artislife #stopviolenceagainstwomen #savethecreativespace

A post shared by Hilda Dokubo (@hildadokubo) on Mar 16, 2020 at 5:51am PDT