Ganiu Nafiu, better known by his stage as Alapini, is a veteran Nollywood actor who has apologized for backing President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
According to Naija News, Alapini bemoaned the disregard and lack of acknowledgment that followed Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election in an interview on YouTube titled “Behind the Fame – African A-List TV.”
Alapini emphasized that he and many other veterans spent two months campaigning for Tinubu in the hopes that their visibility and loyalty would be valued following the election, but that anticipation has subsequently turned into disillusionment.
He declared, “We were campaigning with joy, believing that our messiah had come because we have loved Tinubu for a long time and he has been helpful to actors.”
We came out to support him for two months because of this. We fought for him for two months.
Alapini went on to say that the All Progressives Congress and Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, did not recognize the work of the elderly actors who were visibly present at campaign events.
The actor emphasized that he has not been exempt from the curses placed against him by quoting his colleague Olaiya Igwe, who famously stripped nude on a beach to pray for Tinubu’s triumph.
Alapini accused Seyi of ignoring Yoruba people by concentrating his charitable endeavors in Northern Nigeria.
He added, “Would Seyi claim that he did not see we the old folks during when we were out there campaigning?
“Was Seyi blind that he did not notice our presence, the senior actors? We were over a hundred. We were all walking around, both young and old.
“We even campaigned at areas where some individuals could not conduct campaigns.
“They did not give us anything. People were cursing us in comment sections when we were campaigning.
Due to Tinubu, my friend Olaiya Igwe nudely stripped on the beach.
He has not yet been released from the curses that were set upon him.
that Seyi is currently rushing across the North to cover their medical expenses. Doesn’t Yorubaland also have sick people? How many hospitals has he been to in Yorubaland to settle medical costs for patients?
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