Cassandra Owolabi
Popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele has been accused of being wicked and abusive by a former staff.
A Nigerian lady identified as Cassandra Owolabi, who formerly
worked for star actress, Funke Akindele, has taken to her social media
page to accuse the actress of physical, emotional and financial abuse.
Narrating her story in a lengthy post which she tagged
#IsurvivedFunkeAkindele, Cassandra who is a screenwriter, alleged that
Funke made her staff work under ‘duress and fear’. She added that the
experience has taught her that not all that glitter is gold.
Sharing a 14-minute video , she wrote ;
FINALLY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO SPEAK UP AGAIN
A little update: About a month ago, I posted a lengthy video of
my experience working with Funke Akindele. But the video was quickly
brought down as a bid to shut me up. Naturally as a content creator, my
instinct was to make another one right away but I couldn’t bring myself
to it due to the fact that I touched on a really sensitive topic
(depression) and some experiences I passed through while working for her
which was like opening old wounds and I needed time to heal from that.
I am indeed happy and relieved that I finally got to make
another video in which I touched on a few things because truthfully,
even if I was given a day I would still not be able to cover all the
ills not just me but her staff face daily.
Funke Akindele
The experience has indeed taught me that not all that glitters
is gold, literally! Looking back I just wondered how I endured so much
when we were deprived of so many things. For instance, we couldn’t watch
TV (literally, the TV in our lodge was taken away weeks after we
resumed) and she mustn’t walk in on you watching anything on your laptop
(can’t tell you how many times she randomly sent people to come check
if we were sleeping or doing anything asides writing). I mean, how do
you expect your writers to be 100% productive when you don’t allow them
some leisure time? It didn’t take me long to develop bloodshot eyes
because there were daysssssssssss when we’d write all through the night,
no sleep. We worked under DURESS AND FEAR. It is always about the
script, the script is more important than you and your health.
P.S – For the few who asked why my character in the YouTube
series ‘HOUSEHELPS’ was replaced, well… Because I chose to leave she
asked.
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