There is a raging controversy over a purported rigging of the Best actress category at the recently concluded Best Of Nollywood awards put together by Seun Oloketuyi and sponsored by Unilever Nigeria..
The category carries a prize tag of ten thousand US dollars, The gist here is that the voting process was relayed live on the BON website and this was the result....
Actress in a leading role (English)
Genevie Nnaji � Silent Scandal 693 (66.76%)
Omoni Oboli � Figurine 52 (5.01%)
Ini Edo � White Hunters 119 (11.46%)
Rita Dominic � The Maiden 59 (5.68%)
Nse Ikpe Etim � Guilty Pleasures 115 (11.08%)
Total votes: 1038
But Omoni Oboli was surprisingly announced winner of the award while the website results actually placed her in last place, There was a little protest by other nominees, Genny in the meantime had already tweeted a link to the website result and there were claims of rigging but the Organisers stepped up to say that that voting was just 30 percent of the final result as Judges Opinion mADE UP FOR THE REMAINING 7O%.
This is how the Organisers explained it....
Bon Awards 2011 our take
Best of Nollywood awards has within 2 years reshaped the industry and the awards has now became a standard watcher for the industry, before we came on board nollywood had no Awards of its own but thank to hard work and God today Bon is on practioneers lips and calendar.
As the journey to bon 2011 starts, we shall continue to keep our goals, vision and objectives and that is to raise the game and this we are doing as this year 4 persons didn’t just go with plaque but also with cash prizes Omoni Oboli is 10,000 dollars richer, Gbenga Adeyinka1st won 1m, Tobe oboli won a computer while uche jumbo won 250,000.
Our Attention has been drawn to series of messages going round that Geneive Nnaji was robbed of victory at the last best of nollywood Awards on Sunday, we can Assure you that the Awards is both professional and transparent, Because of all these misinformation going around we have decided to respond to these Allegations and educate those who do not know that online voting alone does not determine winners of the polls, The winners are determined by
1) Panel of judges which has 70 percent of votes
2) Audience online and sms voting which will have 30 percent of votes
We enjoined all those spreading rumors in the name of Genny nnaji to desist from doing so and not cause unnecessary issues and allowed the winner enjoy and savour her victory.
We Accept good criticism but we go head to head with whoever wants to destroy our good initiative to report nollywood and reward excellence.
Seun oloketuyi
Executive producer
Bon Awards 2010
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