Following the dethronement of Miss Nollywood Culture and Tourism 2016, Grace Okoro Adaeze, her colleague and the current Miss Nollywood 2016, Miss Blessing Ogar, has resigned.
Ogar tendered her resignation on Wednesday citing the unfair treatment meted out to her dethroned colleague, stating that all that Adaeze had said were true.
Recall that organizers of the Miss Nollywood Beauty Pageant recently announced the dethronement of the queen, Adaeze.
Her dethronement which was expected to take effect immediately was allegedly due to her arrogant behaviour and rudeness and Adaeze had come up with claims alleging that she and other contestants were harassed for sex and that the chief organizer, Mr. Barakumo Odede, demanded for their personal money, attempted to pimp them out, and more.
Following the development, Ogar has backed her dethroned colleague, also alleging that the organization which she was representing has defaulted in the various arrangements they agreed to pursue, while demanding that she corroborate the lies they leveled against her predecessor.
In her resignation letter posted on her Facebook page @Blessing Ogar, she alleged that the organizers of the pageant mandated her to corroborate the lies and allegations they leveled against the dethroned queen, a mandate which she says was against her conscience.
She stated that she had better resigned because the organization would also dethrone her if she refuses to corroborate their lies, adding that the organization has defaulted on their previous agreements and defaulted in availing her of her entitlements as Miss Nollywood 2016, meanwhile they had already started advertising for a new queen while they are yet to pay her the prize money.
Captioned under the letter was a statement: “To all my friends who stood by me during my pageant, I’m sorry this is coming. I know you’ll want the best for me please read this letter and know my reason for this
Her resignation letter reads below:
MISS NOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION.
Dear Organizer,
NOTICE OF RESIGNATION
Please accept this letter as a notice of my resignation from my position as Miss Nollywood Nigeria 2016. My last date as Miss Nollywood Nigeria 2016 is May 30th, 2016. I was shocked and dumb founded after seeing the dethronement of one of the most hard working Queens in the foundation. After careful reasoning and consultation with friends and family, I realize that it is better for me to protect and safeguard my future by humbly resigning from my office. These are my reasons as stated below:
(1) The organization did not fulfill their promise(the prize money have not been given to us)yet they have started to advertise for a new pageant with a prize tag of $4500 for the star prize winner.
(2) As an individual, I am no longer comfortable with the recent happenings in the organization. e.g A queen was dethroned without cogent reasons.
(3) There have been no support of any kind from the organizers, instead it has been extortion and other forms of harassments from them.
(4) If an organizer can cook up so many lies to tarnish the image of a hard working queen then they can do worst things to other queens.
(5) An organizer that want me to defend him even when he is wrong is not worthy of my support.
(6) I contested for Miss Nollywood Nigeria Beauty Pageant because I want to use the platform to be voice to the voiceless in the society , and also to do lots of charity work, rather, Miss Nollywood Foundation wants me to go against my belief and this is wrong. They want all their queens to work and put money in their pockets.
(7) It is better for me to resign as a honourable Queen than being dethroned . I’m not ready to cook up lies against a harmless and innocent girl, I know if the organizer finds out that I’m not in support of them, I will be dethroned as well.
These are my reasons for resigning from the foundation as a beauty queen under their platform.
I will return the only property of the organization in my possession which is ‘the sash’ as soon as possible.
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