Actor and comedian Okon Lagos has cleared the air about a ”distasteful” joke he made concerning the Abuja women who were allegedly raped by policemen.
The actor was criticized for a video he made earlier claiming that, what the policemen did to the women was not rape, but theft because the police did not pay for their services.
Angry social media users rained insults on the comedian for justifying the actions of the policemen with some calling him ‘a low budget idiot’ among other unpleasant things.
Okon in a bid to clear his name, he has posted a new video explaining his reasoning behind the statement he made.
He stated that theft is when something is taken from you illegally and that is exactly what the policemen did.
He added that theft is a more heinous crime in Nigeria and so he was using that comment as a way to bring a different perspective and also a harsher punishment to the offenders.
He stated categorically that he did not justify rape and no one in his right sense would.
In his post he wrote:
“It’s terrible when we give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. Who justifies rape? Obviously not me. I think lots of people have problems with hearing and comprehension.
Listen well again to the video I made. I never defended the animals that raped the girls. I only tried to open up another perspective to the crime they committed and that is robbery which attracts in most cases, instant death penalty by jungle justice while also condemning commercial sex hawking! Hear, Listen, Understand or shut up!!!”
Watch the video below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgJtS7J6zO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Source JiveNaija.com
