How Rita Dominic emerged Arik Airline Best Actress

Was Rita Dominic desperate to win win the newly instituted Arik Airline Awards category for the Best Actress at the just concluded African International Film Festival (AFRIFF), or was it just povidence?
Remember that Dominic accused Ini Edo of manipulating the online voting result which led to the cancellation of the exercise, a week before the festival kicked off in Lagos.

But in the twist of fate, last weekend, the actress eventually emerged th winner of the same award.

However, she won the award not my voting, but through a lucky dip performed by formal Miss World, Agbani Derego.

Last weekend's AFRIFF awards night held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, hosted by BBA regular IKE Osakioduwa.

IK Osakioduwa who anchored the glamorous event with Rita Dominic had called out the ex-beauty queen, all for the purpose of selecting a winner of the award through lucky dip. After all said and done, Rita Dominic emerged the lucky winner beating Stephanie Okereke,
Omoni Oboli, Genevieve Nnaji, and others who were nominated for the award. But Ini Edo's name was noticeably missing during the lucky dip.

Interestingly, this happened to be the first time, where a winner would enmerge as a winner in an international contest of this nature via lucky dip.

By winning the award, Rita Dominic will be flown to the Tribeca Film Festival, billed to hold in New York next year, by Arik Airline.

There are also winners in other categories of indigenous awards instituted by the airline.
They were ace-film maker, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, whose "Tango with Me" remains one of the best movies ever shot by a Nigeria, won the Best Producer of the Year, and actor Desmond Elliot who won the Best actor award.

Kenyan Jane Murago-Munene's "The Unbroken Spirit" won the Best Documentary category while Le Parrian by Pale Sie Lazare won in the area of Best Animation.

The award night was graced by large-scale of celebrilities across the world who dressed to kill. Most Nollywood stars were the spotlight at the event.
Kate Henshaw, Genevieve Nnaji, Stephenie Okereke, Omoni Oboli, Ini Edo, Monalisa Chinda, Nse Etim Ipe, Rita Dominic, Desmond Elliot, Kunle Afolayan, OC Ikeje, Uche Nnanna, Amaka Igwe, Celine Loaderand









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