A can of worms may have just been opened in the Nigerian film industry as Nollywood filmmaker Victor Okpala has been accused of sexual harassment.
An upcoming actress named Oshevire Divine called out the Dope 7 Media CEO on Instagram, sharing a screenshot of her conversation with him.
Her words:
I was going to keep quiet about this..but why should I?this isn’t a normal thing and shouldn’t be considered as a normal act at all”, Divine wrote. “This is a chat between me and a Nollywood movie producer&director.I have to voice out on this matter..this is wrecking the image of Nollywood. Check my last slide to see.
The monologue challenge I wanted to participate in he asked to subscribe to his channel, watch one of his movies then send a proof. So i did according to the guidelines he posted and sent the proof…he replied??he literally told me that talent is not enough and indirectly said that I’d have to sacrifice my body for me to make it into Nollywood. I don’t know how many other girls he must have deceived like this but this isn’t fair and we shouldn’t keep quiet about this. This happened yesterday, this needs to stop.”
See the post below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA80LI-A1MO/
Another actor, Emeka Nwagbaraocha, went on Twitter and posted a thread of another victim who also accused Okpala of sexual assault when she was 17 years old.
Check it out below:
https://twitter.com/Emeneks/status/1268201660335226883
