Nigerians on social media have condemned a statement credited to actor and politician, Desmond Elliot on social media vices.
On Thursday, a video of Elliot speaking at a recent plenary — where he addressed the vices of social media — surfaced and went viral on social media.
In the video, the lawmaker reacted to the turbulence that trailed the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate.
Elliot said:“Mr. Speaker, in the next five years, there will be no Nigeria if we don’t start now. The youth is not only those who do the peaceful protest. Those who have looted and destroyed lives, they are youths as well.
“Pregnant women went into malls, picked things, and went away. When shall we change this narrative? I put it to all the celebrities out there and all the motivational speakers. This is the only country we have”.
His statement has elicited various reactions from Nigerians on social media.
Read the comments gathered by TheNewsGuru below:
@TopeAkinyode: Desmond Elliot thinks same way as Lai Mohammed. Youthful in age, grey in ideas.
@BlVck_witch: The fact that Desmond Elliot actually came online that day Dr Funmi made that tweet to debunk what was tweeted only for the video to come out today confirming Funmi’s tweet, is amazing.
@Ewawunmii: Out of the top 3 stupid people in Nigeria, Desmond Elliot is No 1 and 2, BabaJide Sanwo Olu is no 3
@Oluwatooscene: What is the relationship between the social media and entering Oba’s palace? How did he go from “stop the hate speech already” to “we must decentralize” Desmond Elliot is a Clown
@Daddy_lewa: Desmond Elliot will be out in a lounge/party/or the mall and someone will break bottle on his head. Save this tweet.
@UccheJombo: The same social media they “USED” to package themselves into power.
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