Nollywood actress cum producer, Aniebiet Francis, has opened up about how controversies trailed various milestones in her career and personal life.
Naijaonpoint reports that the Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom State Governor on New Media, in a post via her Facebook page on Wednesday, stated that she is due for a new controversy.
Aniebiet recalled when people said that her first car, a gift from a former governor, was bought by married men while her supposed lesbian partner funded her restaurant.
While asking God for a new controversy, the filmmaker said, “I’ll take progress with controversy over stagnation with pity any day.”
... read, “Dear God, I Am Due for a New Controversy. In my university days, they said I was sleeping with my support system. When I got my first car, a gift from my Governor, they said a married man/men bought it for me,” she wrote.
“I bought my Lexus, and suddenly my boss had bought it because I was his “babe.”
“I opened a restaurant, they said it was funded by my lesbian partner.
“I got appointed, they said I got it through sex.
“I moved to a new spot, they said I used kayanmata.
“I’ve come to realize something profound.
“Every milestone I hit attracts a controversy and every level I rise to births a new lie.
“But you know what? I’ll take progress with controversy over stagnation with pity any day.
“So I wake up every morning, look up to the heavens, and say: Dear God, I am due for a new controversy.”
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