Social media was set ablaze when Nigerians reacted to the inclusion of Funke Akindele’s name as one of the cast for the avengers.The joy was apparent and her fans vowed to see the movie whenever it’s being released.
Following this initial joy and anticipation, a series of changes have occurred on the IMDB cast list. Funke Akindele’s name has been deleted . This was ascribed to the hacking of IMDB’s website.
In the same vein, Genevieve Nnaji’s name replaced that of Funke Akindele as one of ‘Dora Milaje’ guards in the flick’s cast list which sparked various reactions from Nigerians on social media
Read the reactions below
Genevieve Nnaji replaced Funke Akindele as Dora Milaje on Avengers Infinity war movie cast. pic.twitter.com/gdPHDOTKpL
— Mr.┏̲O̶̲̅┓̲P ┏̲A̶̲̅┓ (@ogbeni_opa) January 15, 2018
Hahahaha that must be a Nigerian version where the whole female military faction is just one woman
— ⚡⚡Littest ⚡⚡⚡ (@Hareyke) January 15, 2018
Well I was wondering how Funke was going to do it coz I remember they said she was pregnant
— Uncle OJO??? (@ojo_shevexy01) January 15, 2018
Confused ? pic.twitter.com/GLynHVzyje
— Foccus (@_Foccus0) January 15, 2018
Sources said it was a hack on the website… doesn’t make sense still
— Count Olaf (@lexisrenis) January 15, 2018
Funke Akindele’s name removed from Avengers cast list, replaced with Genevieve Nnaji… They needed nothing but the Best Igbo’s representing my next world i will be an Igbo man..You don’t need to tell a blind man that there is salt in the Soup… Adanne make us proud.. pic.twitter.com/lhaUZp7EFa
— Real Life Savage (@Succesfulrankin) January 15, 2018
how legit is this Genevieve Nnaji Avengers news? pic.twitter.com/MeILLFkA1n
— MORPHEUS (@WilkieMofe) January 15, 2018