Yul Edochie faults security guards dancing in viral video

Following the alleged sack of two Nigerian security guards who were fired for dancing during work hours in a viral video, Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has reacted.

Faulting their acts via his Twitter page, the father-of-four stated that it was wrong for those guards to dance at their duty post.

He stated that social media has made people “do all sorts of rubbish” because they wanted to trend.

In the video, the security guards, known as The Happy Boys, were seen dancing to the ‘You Want Bam Bam’ trending song.

Reacting to the video, Edochie tweeted, “It is wrong for a security guard to be dancing at his duty post.

“Social media is making people do all sorts of rubbish just to trend. You should respect your job.

“When you get home after work, you can dance till dawn. You try it with me once, I warn you. Try it again, I will fire you.”

When the viral video surfaced online, it was rumoured that the workers were sacked because of their dance.

But Chicken Republic, the employers of the guards, denied sacking them in a statement on Friday.

The statement read, “It is disappointing that some people may have the impression that Chicken Republic fired these security guards for dancing in our stores. This is not true, and hence we need to set the record straight.

“We take the safety and security of our customers, staff, and assets very seriously and as such, we outsource our security to various private security companies that specialise in these services.

“When the management of the private security company saw the two security guards dancing in the video, they had concerns that the security officers, whilst dancing, were not necessarily conducting their duties responsibly and as such, were probably not fully focused on their core responsibility, which is, your safety and your security.

“There are always multiple sides to every story, and as a company, we have taken your feedback very seriously. We have followed up with the security company, and they have assured us that the security guards have not been fired, have been paid their dues and have been offered some retraining.”