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Desmond Elliot Reacts After Being Accused Of Commissioning A Toilet

  • February 22, 2019
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Desmond Elliot, former Nigerian actor and representative of Surulere constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, commissioned a toilet in Gbaja community on February 21 which infuriated members of the public.

After posting a picture of himself commissioning the project, some Nigerians took to the internet to allege that the toilet cost about N200,000.

In an Instagram post, he wrote,

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Commissioning of public BIOFIL TOILET @lovegarden field surulere Lagos which was Facilitated by HON ELLIOTT Donated by HON. LADI LAWANSON COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORTATION LAGOS STATE COMMISIONED BY: HON DESMOND OLUSOLA ELLIOTT MEMBER LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SURULERE CONSTITUENCY1 Today Wed 20th Feb 2019

A post shared by Desmond Elliott (@desmondelliot) on Feb 20, 2019 at 9:49pm PST

Perhaps, it was not the reaction he expected from the public as they wrote on various media including his page that it was appaling that he now follows the path of the corrupt.

Desmond Elliot jus Commissioned N200k toilet for his constituency..They even laced the toilet with Ribbon. Desmond ur Actn n Pol. Career didn't teach U anythng only to build Toilet!!!! We will throw All APC aspirants in that Toilet. #NeverAgain #RejectPoverty #RejectBuhari pic.twitter.com/3fMuMpW0lw

— Ink_Hart (@rizzza) February 21, 2019

However, he had some still come to his defence.

I don't understand why Desmond Elliot is being dragged for commissioning a toilet. There are communities where 'simple' things like that are very much needed.

On close observation, most young people don't know what they really want.

— TweetaminE K (@kene_Maestro) February 21, 2019

It was only after the backlash that some realised that it was indeed the Australian High Commission that handled the project, an information he left out in the above post but corrected in another post:

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Sincere thanks and gratitude goes to Hon Com Ladi Lawanson for making this Biofil toilet a reality The Australian government for sponsoring the project Bar Iraboh for making it happen Entire Gbaja community especially the CDA chairman Alh Seriki for the land and being an example to us all The entire surulere ,#moretocome

A post shared by Desmond Elliott (@desmondelliot) on Feb 20, 2019 at 9:57pm PST

He also explained that the BIOFIL toilet is

“not just a toilet”: “This isnt just a building , its not just a toilet , but one that converts waste to manure so nothing is wasted as we keep the environment clean.”

Recall that Elliot was the subject of the attack a while ago after he was accused of writing IELTS in the same location as the accuser.

Read on Nairaland how somebody writing the IELTS test today said he saw Desmond Elliot in his center…If true, na him be say water don pass garri.

— Nnayelugo (@Eloka51) December 2, 2017
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