Evergreen123:

my friend, igbos started nollywood industry In 1992.
Prior to that, people were making local films , igbo, yoruba, etc but it wasn't an industry yet.
Omotola joined nollywood in 2000 or so and NW gave her fame.
nobody knew omotola bfr nollywood

feedthenation: Tribalism and ethnicism - are very biggest reasons why Nigeria will never develop or attain great heights.
Why can't we just put all these nonsense aside and see what Mr Elliot has to offer?
As long as he's a Nigerian, even half-Nigerian, he's good to contest for any political position.
As for me if he's the best candidate I will surely vote for him. We need people like him in politics.

Collynzo17:
Well you are a fuçking nobody and have no say in the grand scheme of things outside here.
At the end of the day, you have just one vote.
He has more stake in Lagos than you.
Period.

jmoore: Desmond is an Igbo name? Mumu plenty for nairaland oh!!

Tribal bigotry blocking the brains of folks since.......

One Nigeria!!

uzolexis: Nigeria should peacefully break up already,most of the comments I see here are pathetic. We do not like ourselves, why are we pretending? I used to advocate 1 Nigeria but the more I go to 9ja sites and see the tribal wars and hateful comments i just get really discouraged.

oboman: The problem people have with Desmond Elliot's political ambition is Lagos State is because he hasn't been true to his identity.....

I never knew he is a Yoruba man until I clicked on this post, which doesn't bode well with Nigerian politics, where identity matters more....


People who are accusing Desmond Elliot are accusing him based on his sudden change of name when he sees fit.... Why hasn't he embraced the ''SOLA'' name in Nollywood? Is it because he is scared most Igbo producers in Nollywood won't pick him for roles?

Is he just a trickster that appears Igbo when he goes into Nollywood and appears Yoruba when he intends to go into Lagos politics? This is why people don't trust him and not because of his mixed heritage...

Evergreen123:

my friend, igbos started nollywood industry In 1992.
Prior to that, people were making local films , igbo, yoruba, etc but it wasn't an industry yet.
Omotola joined nollywood in 2000 or so and NW gave her fame.
nobody knew omotola bfr nollywood

GuyFawkes:

Ngozi stop fabricating falsehoods as fact on NL,
Igbos might have started the so called 'nollywood' in the early 90's,but some Nigerian movies were already being shot in celluloid as far back as the 60's down to 1990 - Hubert Ogunde shot a movie starring Pierce Brosnan in 1990 with some prominent Nigerian actors.

And Omotola was known to the movie industry as at 1995 not 2000,her rise to fame is not different from many other stars.Who knew anybody before they showed up frequently on our screens?

ChristyG: smh for all dese useless y.ibo hypocrites who are accusing others of beingtribalists..we all remember d last anambra election where apc was labelled 'yoruba'party or is it rochas who has being called all sorts of names cos he joined ayoruba party,or is it u pple who defend criminals like oduah and ihekija.so spare us all dese sh1t talk becos u guys are worse...it is when it comes to lagos matter dat u guys will remember one nigeria and reducing tribalism sh1t talk,nah it doesnt work like dat desmond has never associated with his father place but he wants to rule over them.confused fellow.

Asoozy:

Ngozi ma person wey wan make dem admit am to mental health hospital dey follow you debate o.

We to say Omotola featured in a movie produced in 1995 you come add new dimension say na 2000 she start.

Abeg I no fit shout and I'm too young to go mad.

Abeg dey enjoy yourself.

GuyFawkes:

Ngozi stop fabricating falsehoods as fact on NL,
Igbos might have started the so called 'nollywood' in the early 90's,but some Nigerian movies were already being shot in celluloid as far back as the 60's down to 1990 - Hubert Ogunde shot a movie starring Pierce Brosnan in 1990 with some prominent Nigerian actors.

And Omotola was known to the movie industry as at 1995 not 2000,her rise to fame is not different from many other stars.Who knew anybody before they showed up frequently on our screens?

abdulwastecx:

that is why they lack professionalism...

Collynzo17:
Please provide a proof that Zeb Ejiro produced the movie, you keep jumping from pillar to post.
Smacks of confusion and lies.

Asoozy:



Shit! You must have hated reading my link.

Who says truth isn't bitter?

Your response is tame this time around. Wassup Emeka?

londoner:

Yet Yorubas and non-Igbos, have a home in Nollywood, which people term as Igbo dominated and controlled. Omotola, Damilola Adegbite, Mercy Johnson, Olu Jacobs, Ini Edo, Joseph Benjamin, Gbenro Ajibade etc......which ones are Igbo?

Yes, in some instances people have shown tribalist tendencies, but others have always overshadowed them

Take the music industry as an example.........everyone collabs with everyone. Movies, the same. The rest of Nigeria is just lagging behind.

YoursGEJ: All of you that are speculating on his tribe as the most important thing should close your worm-infested mouths and shove your comments up a place where sunlight does not get to. Why can't you ask about his agenda or plans? Forget corruption and bad leadership, I swear the masses constitute a majority of the problem this country is facing. Alright regarding previous occupants of that seat, I can bet that most of you cannot name a single thing that they contributed to the community or a bill they have sponsored in the house. But you'd rather let them continue unchallenged in their position. Why? Because both of their parents are Lagosians. Imagine that your car broke down and what is most important to you is whether the mechanic that is trying to fix it is from your village even though all the previous mechanics who have tried but failed to fix it were all from your village. This politics of tribalism has led Nigeria nowhere especially under this current democratic dispensation. When military regimes used administrators from other parts of the country to rule a state, Nigeria saw more development that indigenous politicians have never been able to replicate be it at the federal, state or local level.

You should all bow your heads in shame and look to change your ways because you are enemies of progress to this country

And by the way, if the constitution says he is eligible to contest for that seat, as can be ascertained by INEC, there is nothing you can do to stop him. So look for the nearest transformer and do this country a favour by doing the needful

berem: Olu Jacobs is a yoruba man and acts Igbo films. I have never heard him speak yoruba not to talk of acting yoruba films. So do you classify him alongside Desmond Elliot who is half yoruba and half Igbo?

handysuzy:

I know of Lagosians with the names: Benson, Da Silva, Bernard, Coker, Fernandez, Peterside et al, all Yorubas. Desmond is Yoruba and he is more of Yoruba than Ibo.

Mugu, who go vote for am?? ...If he like make he add mandela join him name...that wan consign am

xharder:

olu jacobs is not a yoruba man, he is edo man and does not identify himself as yoruba same as omotola ekinde. Most top actors with yoruba names are usually not pure yorubas if atall they are. they are mostly mid western yorubas (edo).

xharder:

olu jacobs is not a yoruba man, he is edo man and does not identify himself as yoruba same as omotola ekinde. Most top actors with yoruba names are usually not pure yorubas if atall they are. they are mostly mid western yorubas (edo).

berem: Well I guess Desmond Elliot is his stage name. It is very common for actors to use only their English names for the sake of their acting career. There are many of them both yorubas and igbo actors who use only their english names.

berem: Desmond Elliot will be massively voted for. How I wished he was contesting under Ojo constituency,I will rally votes for him. He craves for a change and he deserves the chance to make that change.

superstar1:

Omotola is from Ondo and Olu Jacobs is an Egba man from Abeokuta.

If you don't know, get informed and stop disgracing yourself by spewing thrash here.

NL is not your village square, where you can easily misinform people.

xharder:

olu jacobs is not a yoruba man, he is edo man and does not identify himself as yoruba same as omotola ekinde. Most top actors with yoruba names are usually not pure yorubas if atall they are. they are mostly mid western yorubas (edo).

Evergreen123:

what's his constituency?

Asoozy: His name don already disqualify him. He better revert back to his Yoruba last name.

Moreso he is half Igbo.

Yeye dey smell so now he remembers his real first name? When he needed to get into nollywood he discarded his Yoruba identity so as to be accepted fully into the ibo industry.

Nonsense and alubosa!

He is not even married to a Yoruba o.

YoursGEJ: All of you that are speculating on his tribe as the most important thing should close your worm-infested mouths and shove your comments up a place where sunlight does not get to. Why can't you ask about his agenda or plans? Forget corruption and bad leadership, I swear the masses constitute a majority of the problem this country is facing. Alright regarding previous occupants of that seat, I can bet that most of you cannot name a single thing that they contributed to the community or a bill they have sponsored in the house. But you'd rather let them continue unchallenged in their position. Why? Because both of their parents are Lagosians. Imagine that your car broke down and what is most important to you is whether the mechanic that is trying to fix it is from your village even though all the previous mechanics who have tried but failed to fix it were all from your village. This politics of tribalism has led Nigeria nowhere especially under this current democratic dispensation. When military regimes used administrators from other parts of the country to rule a state, Nigeria saw more development that indigenous politicians have never been able to replicate be it at the federal, state or local level.

You should all bow your heads in shame and look to change your ways because you are enemies of progress to this country

And by the way, if the constitution says he is eligible to contest for that seat, as can be ascertained by INEC, there is nothing you can do to stop him. So look for the nearest transformer and do this country a favour by doing the needful