Stephanie Otobo's Allegation and the Lack of Creativity

I watched Stephanie Otobo’s claim yesterday. From the incoherence in her voice and the vague descriptions she gave to places she actually alleged she went with Apostle Suleman, I discovered that although she was bold at her craft, she is scarcely creative. Perhaps, the gladiators behind the whole plot would have done well to seek the service of a more creative actress to play the written script, rather than the inexperience Otobo. Perhaps, an audition of who would take the leading role in the saga was thrown underground, but only the pink-hair lady was seen as qualified.

It is no longer a secret that Apostle Suleman’s reputation has come under attack, solely because the gladiators behind the scene feel that his criticisms of ethnic and religious cleansing have become tormenting. Thus, in a bid to seal the Clergy’s lips (the only one who has risen to defend Christians of recent), they could divert his attention from their devilish executions and hence keep the world blind.

Starting with the script which by any standard is considered mediocre; I would say it was either prepared in hurry or the scriptwriter lack the faintest ray of creativity through his or her brain. To start with, the setting of the script shouldn’t have been in Lagos. It should have been somewhere else, maybe in Ontario or New York. Then, maybe marriage should have been erased from the plot upon rereading. The marriage issue made the entire script incongruous and unreal. A public figure like Apostle Johnson Suleman would not promise a stripper marriage and go ahead to impregnate her when he knows fully well it would smell his reputation. It should have just been a sex story without marriage; perhaps it would have been real. There shouldn’t have been impregnation at all. The scriptwriter should have known that later on, evidences would be demanded.

And the claim that Apostle Suleman gave Otobo concoction to remove the pregnancy when she returned to Nigeria, and then the clergy left the hotel room for her to bleed to death was too surreal to be real. That part of the script should have been cut off before it was acted.  There are other parts of the scripts that were unprofessional, but I choose to discuss the above aspects because their incongruousness was too glaring, like the mediocre scripts acted by Nollywood. Please, for future purpose, scripts for blackmail should be properly written and edited so it will appear real.

Then, directing my criticism to the actress - Stephanie Otobo – I would say she did her best, but in the overall rating, she scored below average.   There are thousand and one talented ladies who could have played that script far better than Otobo. The way she was smiling while describing what she considered emotionally disturbing was unprofessional on her part. And for crying out loud, I expected the young lady to be able to say the script off hand instead of reading verbatim from the written script. I am taking my time to outline these errors because Nollywood industry has become irrelevant because of them.