Gabriel Afolayan, a Nollywood actor and singer, has come under heavy criticism for opting to use money instead of traditional methods on a recent occasion.
This follows an incident where the Nollywood actor was seen spraying money on a group of supposed in-laws instead of prostrating to greet them.
In the video that surfaced on social media on Friday, the actor, dressed elegantly in traditional attire, had sprayed his in-laws with money instead of performing the conventional Yoruba custom of laying face down to greet his in-laws.
While TheNewsGuru cannot confirm whether the incident took place on a movie set or was a real occurrence, the video has sparked a wide range of reactions from Nigerians on social media.
Some condemned the actor for disrespecting the culture and traditions of the Yoruba people, while others defended him, pointing out that he holds a chieftaincy title that prohibits him from prostrating before others.
An angry user wrote: “If you can’t prostrate on my daughters engagement and you think you can bail urself out with money you will land in the hospital with whoever accompanied you to the venue that day. Cos what’s with the pride will you die if u prostate and how many minutes are we talking about that you can’t prostrate. Future son in law may we not jam agbako if u know u can’t prostrate please don’t bother to toast ADEDUNHNI OOOOO.”
Another user, opined that, “If you can’t bring yourself down in times like this as a man I won’t let my sister or daughter marry you.. because you’re the type that thinks money would sort everything and then end up treating the bride bad.”
One user wrote: “This is so wrong. You can’t never marry mhy daughter 😂 see mhi way never even born self.”
Another commented: “Wahala, This one is already bending the rules, Na Coconut 🥥🥥 head husband he go turn out to big Red Flag!!!”