These are not the best of times for Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo as the leadership of the Theater Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) has ordered directors in the association to stop working with her.
As if that is not enough, the Association has vowed to make her irrelevant as far as the Yoruba movie sector is concerned, thereby, threatening to frustrate her out of the industry.
TAMPAN in a statement on Sunday, June 27, 2021 by veteran actor, Jide Kosoko, said;
“The attention of the Board of Trustees of TAMPAN and Elders of the Motion Picture Industry, especially of the Yoruba sector, have been drawn to the malicious damages being done to our sector by some unruly individuals that lack any iota of discipline and seeming to feel to be above the law.”
“As you may be aware, certain unpleasant things have happened lately that has dragged the name of our association, TAMPAN in particular and the industry in general in the mud, which in totality are against what we stand for as individuals and as a group of professionals.”
“We particularly observe the continuous derogatory statements made by Iyabo Ojo against the Association and the industry as a whole.”
“Please note that we are not against her stand on the issue of alleged rape.”
“Despite the fact that Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing are not registered members of TAMPAN, the association will not entertain any form of disrespect by both actresses who tried to drag the association in the mud.”
“The association is aware of the derogatory statements made by Iyabo Ojo against the Association and the industry as a wholeTANPAN will not take further insults.”
“Indeed both actresses are not members of the association but TAMPAN can frustrate them out of the industry if they continue to constitute a ‘nuisance’ on social media.”
