2023: Actor Chiwetalu Agu tackles celebrities who take money from politicians to campaign for them

Nollywood Veteran, Chiwetalu Agu has revealed that Nigerian entertainers endorsing politicians ahead of the 2023 elections are mostly doing it for money.

Explaining that “integrity, morality and conscience have disappeared”, Agu berated entertainers who allow money to determine their stance.

In an interview with The Punch’s Sunday Scoop, Agu said,
“I am not in that family (of actors). It (endorsement) depends on personal interest because politics is no longer the profession of sanitised citizens.

“These days, a lot of things have to do with money. Money can sway people. People are not patient again. What they count is what money does for them today, not tomorrow.

“Nobody is patient because things are hard. Integrity, morality and conscience have disappeared. What we are doing in Nigeria today puts me off”.

Chiwetalu lamented that corruption has continued to thrive in Nigeria despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to tackle it headlong.

He said, “Buhari said that he would come and fight corruption to the finish, to put corruption in a very dire situation. But when he came, money began to exchange hands.

“Everything has gone gaga. Integrity no longer counts. I have lost hope in the (current) regime. As a matter fact, what Buhari is doing is not leadership; it is ‘rulership’.”