Criticism Won’t Stop Me From Supporting Tinubu In 2027 – Remi Surutu

Nollywood actress Remi Surutu has publicly announced that she’ll be supporting President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term in 2027. She recently had her say at the launch of EKO57, a political support group formed to rally backing for Tinubu’s re‑election campaign.

According to her, she has been a die-hard supporter of Bola Tinubu since his time as Lagos State Governor, and she is prepared to campaign for him in 2027 regardless of any potential criticism.

Remi added that those saying Tinubu has not done well as president should nominate a man in their family to do a better job.

Her words, “A day before the election (in 2023), they said to me that it was Asiwaju that I was following, who killed my child.

But I care less. I still went on the second day to go and vote. Your vote is your right. Don’t let anybody deceive you. Don’t let anybody scare you.

When you met Tinubu, our father, he was doing well. If you think he has not done well, suggest a man in your family. Let that person come and govern for just one day. Then you will know what is going on.

I have said it myself, I am not backing out. I am going to campaign for him and vote for him. And he has my vote, and I am voting for him.

And if you see anybody out there trying to scare anybody, if you plan to kill me, you are going to kill yourself. Because when you are going on your straight line with your good hearts, nothing happens to you.

We Nigerians would destroy things by ourselves. And uproot all those poles. And make it look so ugly. When you come back, you say it’s the government. Is that the government? We are the ones doing it ourselves.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.