Yomi Fabiyi under fire for 'Oko Iyabo' movie

Precious 'Mamazeus' Nwogu 15:30 - 05 July 2021

Yomi Fabiyi [Instagram]

Some Twitter users have begun a campaign encouraging people to report the film on YouTube.

Twitter users are currently calling for the head of Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi following the release of his new film, 'Oko Iyabo'.

In the film released on YouTube on July 4, 2021, Fabiyi features characters with names of individuals involved in the case including actors Iyabo Ojo, Olarenwaju Omiyinka aka Baba Ijesha.

The film opens with a scene where a child actor, who plays Iyabo, tells her classmate that she hopes to become a prostitute when she grows up.

Fabiyi also depicts the disturbing CCTV video in a scene in the movie but portrays Baba Ijesha's underage victim as his consenting lover.

Watch the clip:

See!!!
Yomi Fabiyi is bastard!!!!!!
He actually did a movie about the whole princess stuff and painted the story like the 14 year old girl was having a thing with baba ijesha.
I can’t believe this!!!!

He title the movie “Oko Iyabo” and actually used their names!!!! pic.twitter.com/D33IOWVN69
— Anita Vams (@a__vanita) July 5, 2021

The scandalous scene is fast garnering online outrage with social media savvy Nigerians calling the actor out for trying to distort facts in the ongoing sexual assault case against Baba Ijesha.

Check out some Twitter reactions:

Pls let's mass report Yomi Fabiyi Ig account, they must take down his account too....
— FEYISAYO❤️🫶🏿 (@Feyisparkles) July 5, 2021

Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize.
- Chimamanda Adichie

Yomi Fabiyi chose to malign. I hope we can rewrite the story to course-correct this malignity and restore dignity to a child.
— Sir Dickson (@Wizarab10) July 5, 2021

The Yoruba movie industry leadership right now have questions to answer about the Oko Iyabo movie going around. If they have any shame left, they need to really clean this mess up. Despicable lots.
— Blasé Aboh 🦅~ Building AI, again. (@AimLEGEND_) July 5, 2021