Izuchukwu Okosi
Shatu Garko, the 18 year old Miss Nigeria winner has hit back at her critics especially those who feel that she is not supposed to be a good fit for the award.
The 44th edition of the awards in 2021 saw Garko become the youngest winner of the crown and her faith as a Muslim has been called into question with reports indicating that her parents could be ‘arrested’ by the Kano Hisbah for indulging her.
Garko who will represent Nigeria at the Miss World beauty pageant took to her social media platforms to express her thoughts.
“No one has called me but I’ve gotten so many comments and DMs that I was naked, I’m doing the wrong thing,” the pretty Garko began.
“Honestly, Nigerians like judging people. Many people said the president paid for me to get the crown; others said my state governor paid to get me crowned. Some people said my parents paid for me to get crowned but that’s not true.
“Some people who are not even Muslims said that I’m spoiling the Miss Nigeria culture. Honestly, I don’t reply them, I don’t say anything, I just move on. The crown is already on my head so there is nothing I can do.”
Sw prominent Nigerians from the northern extraction like Shehu Sani and Aisha Yesufu have condemned the planned Hisbah summon of Garko’s parents.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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