Controversial Nollywood actor and producer, Yomi Fabiyi has reacted to the indefinite suspension slapped on him by the Theater Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association (TAMPAN).
An unrepentant Fabiyi took to his verified Instagram page to respond to his suspension.
He said TAMPAN has no right to suspend him because he is not a member of the body.
According to him, he was originally a member of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP), which TAMPAN broke away from.
Describing the letter addressed as “inappropriate and invalid, Yomi stressed that he did not at any point formalise his TAMPAN membership.
“I’m originally ANTP member, worst case I’ll renew my membership there. I have never obtained or sign any form with TAMPAN or join any GUILD.
“I was made to pay for registration which I did but no form collected or formal procedure. The letter is inappropriate, not valid for me as a filmmaker.
“Any reaction if necessary will be on the basis of human rights violation if I so wish to seek judicial redress. You don’t lose what you never had,” he wrote.
Recall that the association announced his suspension on Friday after finding him and his co-director Dele Matti, guilty of professional misconduct.
Fabiyi’s suspension followed similar punishments handed down to actresses Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing since the sexual assault scandal against another actor, Lanre Omiyinka, better known as Baba Ijesha broke.
The association has been trying to rein in its members who have turned the scandal into roforofo fight.
