Veteran actor, Jide Kosoko, has reacted to the video where he threatened actress Nkechi Blessing.
In the video that circulated the media days ago, Kosoko said, “We will work against Nkechi Blessing in this industry.”
Days after the incident, Jide Kosoko resurfaced to clear the misunderstanding.
In a video he shared on Instagram on Thursday, July 1, 2021, he made it clear that the guild is not in support of child molestation or sexual harassment.
Kosoko also pointed out that he has no power to destroy anyone in the industry. He referred to Nkechi Blessing and Iyabo Ojo as his kids and as a father, he wouldn’t cause them harm.
He said, “On my outburst about frustrating Nkechi out of the industry, it depends on the way you are thinking. Like many of you said, I am not God. I have no power whatsoever to frustrate anybody out of anywhere.
“What I said was an attempt to soften Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing because I consider them as children.
“If for any reason you offend your father and he says ‘I will slap you and you will not use that eyes to see anything again’, are you saying that your father is willing to make you go blind? That is not correct.
“I also went ahead to say that they are our children. I believe we contributed to their success and it would be stupid of us to bring them down. What we are saying is just to soften them from continuously using derogatory statements against TAMPPAN and the Yoruba film industry.”
He said he is in support of how the law is taking its course on Baba Ijesha, and rebuked his (Baba Ijesh) acts, stating strongly that the guild is not in support of his actions.
He continued, “First and foremost, I want you to know and go and check all the presentations; the meeting was not about supporting Baba Ijesha. I personally condemn any act of rape and I also pleaded that the law should be allowed to take its course. That is all I have said.
“The Yorubas say that a guilty person will never go unpunished. Also, an innocent person should not be treated as a guilty one. That is my belief. We mentioned at the conference that we frown at any act of rape.
“Having said that, the conference is not about Baba Ijesha. The conference was not against Iyabo Ojo’s stance fighting for the minor. There was no time we said what Iyabo Ojo is doing about fighting for the girl is wrong; we never said so. Please, do not get us wrong.”
Kosoko added that they only tried to stop Iyabo Ojo from pulling the organisation into the mess.
“What we are saying is this; that Iyabo Ojo should desist from mentioning TAMPAN and Yoruba film industry in a derogatory way.
“Baba Ijesha is a colleague in the Yoruba movie industry, but you cannot because of one person condemn the entire association or condemn the entire industry. That is what we want to correct and that is why we gave the warning that enough is enough,” he continued.
