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Funke Akindele hails “senior collegue” Genevieve Nnaji, calls her a great actor

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May 23, 2020
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Popular Yoruba actress, Funke Akindele Bello, also known as Jenifa has taken to twitter to pour encomium on her senior colleague, Genevieve Nnaji.

This is coming after a blogger took to same platform to compare both of them. Shunning the blogger, Funke hailed Genevieve and showered some praises on her.

It all started when the said blogger shared a photo collage of both actresses and asked his followers to choose their favourite actress;

“Let’s settle this here, pick your favourite actress below. Like for Funke Akindele”, the blogger wrote as he kicked off debate on who’s better.

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On seeing the comparison, Funke quickly shunned the blogger’s comparison.

“Wetin you dey settle? Genevieve Nnaji is a senior colleague and great actor. Respect all day and all night.” She wrote

 

Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde (popularly known as Funke Akindele) is a Nigerian actress and producer. Funke starred in the sitcom I Need to Know from 1998 to 2002, and in 2009 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

 

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