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Tenders Apologies
- Safiu Kehinde
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has tendered an apology over an offensive post where she alleged that some group of Yoruba urchins vandalised her car.
The BBNaija Season Seven winner had, in a now deleted video posted on her X handle lamented over how an in-traffic urchin yanked off one of her car accessories.
She had in the video claimed that the urchin was a Yoruba boy as she was called on the Lagos state government’s intervention over the activities of street beggars in the state.
“Lagos State, this is getting out of hand. You drive and the moment you’re stuck in traffic, some beggar boys, Yoruba boys to be precise, they will all surround you, begging you for money.
“If you don’t give them money, they scratch things on your car or they do rubbish.
“Yesterday, there was a boy that was rounding my car- a lot of them.
“And I noticed he removed something from here because immediately I heard it, he ran.
“I just couldn’t know what he removed. Only for me to get home now and I’m seeing that this is what he removed from my car. I don’t understand.
“We go dey run from Police, dey run from agbero, dey run from Yoruba boys wey dey beg for road? Are we going to be running from everybody?
“So, somebody cannot stop in traffic light again because some Yoruba boys will come and round his or her car.” Phyna had said in the video.
This would not go down well with the BBNaija star as she came under fire over the post with netizens accusing her of being tribalistic with constant mentioning of Yorubas in the video.
Reacting in a separate post after pulling down the video, Phyna apologised for her remarks, stressing that she had made them out of anger.
I must say I let my anger get the best of me with the tweets I made earlier. It’s just a whole lot going on plus having to fix the scratches and replacing what was taken from the windshield of my car.
She reaffirmed her love for all tribes while noting that she is not a bigot as portrayed.
“It wasn’t my intention to malign the Yoruba tribe or cause division; the damage could’ve been done by anybody from any tribe. I’m not a bigot, I love all tribes, I love my Yoruba brothers & sisters and it’s evident in my creative works with how much I’ve worked with them.
“My anger does not in any way justify the tweets I made, I’m human, I’m not perfect and I’m using this medium to apologize — Emabinu, E f’orijimi.” She wrote.