Days after the arrest following accusations made by Nigerian comedian, Damilola Adekoya, popularly known as Princess, against him of raping a minor in her care, a CCTV footage which showed the actor kissing and fondling sensitive parts of the body of the victim, surfaced online. The footage, according to accounts by those who’ve seen it, makes for disturbing viewing. And yet, over the last week it’s been circulate many times on social media and via email, with very few speaking up about it.
Landa’s Bethel, a foundation that advocates the rights of victims of Child Abuse and Human Trafficking, condemned the release of the video for “jeopardising the case by releasing evidence for persecution or putting the identity of the survivor at risk” while scores of social media users have also called for the CCTV footage to be reported so that in can be pulled down from social media pages in protection of the minor.
To all the blogs – You have a following, take down the video… do something different for once; I promise you it will not reduce your following. DO THE RIGHT THING…Make a post asking everyone who has the video to take the video down. Almost 20 years on, it is sad to see that, there are grown-ups who are not aware of the implications of posting and sharing this sort of imagery online.