Nollywood
actor, Desmond Elliot is in the eye of the storm as his fans have been taking
swipes at him for adding the Yoruba name, Olushola, to his name now that he is
contesting for a seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Shortly
after he declared his intention to run for a seat in the Lagos State
House of Assembly and coming out with his campaign posters, Nollywood top
actor, director and producer, Desmond 'Olushola' Elliot, has been put under
fire by his fans, who are surprised at the realisation that he has actually has
a Yoruba name, one he has never used until now.
Some
of his fans believe he decides to identify with the Yoruba name because of what
he wants to achieve and are not happy with him.
They
believe that he is only putting out that name so that people will see him as a
Yoruba man, something he guarded jealously before now.
The
sudden adoption of the name Olushola has drawn a lot of talking points, even
from his colleagues, especially the Yoruba speaking ones who say Desmond never identified with them and never accepted that he
was a Yoruba man, only accepting the fact because he wants to go into politics.
Some
took to social media to express their dismay at the sudden cropping up of the
name Oluwashola.
One
Blessing Efam had this to say:
Very sad. Like Jonna who added Ebele to his
name in other to fool the Igbos, this one has also added Yoruba name to his
name, just to get the votes of the ignorant people that will be carried away by
his fame and vote.
MzEloh
wrote on Desmond's Instagram page:
And ‘Olusola’ comes out. I thought he was
from Delta state? Desmond choose one, actor, filmmaker or politician.
Azeez
Oluwaseun had this on Facebook:
Olusola… Laughable! Well, let the best man
win. If he has anything tangible to contribute, then he should be given a
chance. The new name he added though, is laughable.
Is that supposed to garner more votes for him
or what? LOL! Are we Yorubas mediocres or are we short of intelligent Yorubas
who can vie for office? Why the new name?
Tobena
blasted on twitter:
This is really funny, though, did he suddenly
remember his ancestors are Yoruba, abi where did Olusola surface from, nawa oh…Olushola
ko! Olushola ni!
So all of a sudden, he remembers he has a
Yoruba name eh! Guy, contest if you want but don’t come up with any name
thinking it’s gonna change anything!
I’m sure GEJ is your role model cos you’ve
started towing his path of adding Ebele to his name to gain favour with the
Igbos. Small time you go come dey tell us how you no get shoe and you dey trek
the streets of Lagos!
Who even knew this dude was Yoruba? He never
identified as one and now all in the name of politricks, his name is
Olushola…..Oga park well biko!
Mimi
wrote on twitter:
I don’t have a problem with him going into
politics, but the fact that he never proudly identified as a Yoruba man (used
english names, never spoke Yoruba or did anything to signify he was Yoruba),
but all of a sudden, because he’s running for office in Yoruba land, whips out
his Yoruba name, tells a lot about his dodgy intentions. It’s such a cunning
and manipulative behavior.
So
what's in a name?
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