Nollywood Yoruba actor, Ebun Oloyede, professionally known as Olaiya Igwe, will face a disciplinary committee of the Theatre Arts & Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) over a recent nude video he recorded, invoking spiritual forces to back the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
President of TAMPAN, Bolaji Amusan (Mr. Latin), disclosed this during a meeting of the Central Working Committee of the association – the first meeting after the swearing in ceremony of the new executives which held on December 3, 2022.
The actor’s action was allegedly described as a breach of the moral principles of the association, capable of compromising the Association’s core values and acts totally against the norms of the culture which the Association holds dear.
It should be recalled that Oloyede was recently shown naked in a viral video invoking gods and supernatural entities to support the candidacy and victory of one of the presidential candidates in the forthcoming general elections. The video has generated a huge controversy and was considered too obscene for someone in the high echelon the Association.
While addressing the issue, Amusan explained that TAMPAN could not afford to bury its moral principles on a platter of any political affiliation and sentiment. He said if TAMPAN failed to take necessary actions on such an action, similar issues would ride on the negligence to put a cog in the wheel of the Association’s progress.
Acknowledging the right of every member to belong to any political party of their choice, he explained that members are expected to deployed their sense of creativity with a standard level of decorum. He said members should not let personal interests override the general interest and good of the society.
The TAMPAN President emphasised the need to ensure total sanitation of the Association and ensure members operate within the moral and cultural precepts as enshrined in the Association’s constitution. He said if gold could be allowed to go rust, the fate of ordinary metals would be worse.
He concluded that Oloyede would be made to face a disciplinary committee in spite of his status within the Association and would be eventually dealt with accordingly if found guilty of the allegations leveled against him. This, he said, was to act as deterrence to any member who might already be seeing the viral video as another creative dimension and precedence.
He explained that Media and Publicity Directorate remains critical to the overall success of TAMPAN and therefore urged the Directorate to work very hard so as to achieve total re-branding of the Association.
