calling them pretenders, as more facts surrounding Enebeli Elebuwa's
illness and eventual death, begins to emerge.
Elebuwa had suffered stroke and spent some time in the country, before
he was flown to India for further treatment. Damascus accused her
colleagues of being pretenders, claiming they did not do enough.
According to her, they were more interested in what they could get.
"I'm very angry because the people in my industry are hypocrites," she
said. "That man was ill for a long time in lagos and they turned it
into a fanfare. People would go and visit him and take pictures with
him, post it on twitter, on Facebook, on their blogs; they used it to
make people feel that they are philanthropists but nobody lifted a
finger to take care of him or help his family.
"They are more interested in politics; who would be president, how
they can visit dignitaries, who would dash them money. Nobody cares
about the elderly people in the industry. We know how to celebrate
people when they die, but when they are alive, what do we do for them,
especially the sick ones? "The Delta state government eventually
sponsored him to India. I'm just very pained." she said ....