Nigerian Man Blows Hot After Lady in Police Uniform Apologizes for Wrongly Reading National Anthem

Nigerian Man Blows Hot After Lady in Police Uniform Apologizes for Wrongly Reading National Anthem

  • A Nigerian man has criticised an actress who wore a Nigerian uniform and misread the national anthem in a viral video
  • The man said that the actress should not have been allowed to recite the national anthem when she clearly did not know it well
  • The actress has since issued a public apology in another video, saying that she did not intend to disrespect the national anthem

A Nigerian man has slammed an actress who made a blunder while reading the national anthem in a police uniform.

The video of the actress went viral on social media and sparked outrage among many Nigerians. The man said that the actress should not have been allowed to recite the national anthem when she clearly lacked the knowledge and respect for it.

Photo of the actress in police uniform
The man still has a lot to say after the lady has apologized. Photo credit: Twitter/@hamiltonawah
Source: Twitter

The actress has since come out with another video, where she apologised profusely for her mistake. She said she did not mean to offend anyone or dishonour the national anthem.

The tweet read thus:

"This just makes everything worse. It’s a conference for the police and you’re not in the police force and they gave you the police uniform to stand and sing the national anthem infront of real police officers."

See the tweets:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

Emeka reacted:

"It has to be a skit."

Thatnaijayarn said:

"It doesn't make it worse yall just like creating endless problems from one. Leave it. She is a singer and they contracted her."

Ziclino wrote:

"She no con get better voice join!'

Printsalldayl commented:

"Just shows you how deceitful this country is."

AustinFidelist also commented:

"OPoliceNG approving it. Then tomorrow they will say skit makers are their problems… All the females in the police force can't sing the national anthem?"

Woman in police uniform who recites national anthem wrongly begs Nigerians

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Mercy Isoyip, aka Descushiel, the singer, who wore a police uniform to recite the national anthem wrongly.

The lady has apologised to Nigerians and the police force.

The singer, who was mistaken for a policewoman missed the lyrics of the national anthem and the video went viral.

Source: Legit.ng

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Basit Jamiu (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Basit Jamiu is a journalist with more than five years of experience. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022), and Staff Writer at The Movee (2018). He is a 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow, OCRP Fellow at ICIR, and Accountability Fellow at CJID. Email: basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.