On Saturday, March 14, 2020, at the AMVCAs, Dakore Egbuson-Akande presented the award for ‘Best Actor in a Drama (Movie or TV Series)’ to her younger brother, Timini Egbuson. He received his first AMVCA for his role as Oluwadamilare Williams in “Elevator Baby” and it was an emotional moment when his sister announced his win.
This was a significant win for the actor as he had been paired alongside other bigwigs in Nollywood. He was nominated alongside Efa Iwara who was nominated for “Seven”, Swanky JKA for “Living In Bondage”, Gabriel Afolayan for his role in “Coming From Insanity”; and Ramsey Nouah for “Levi”.
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The Best Actor in a drama category was open to the general public to vote. As Dakore waited to announce the winner, chants of ‘Timini’ could be heard across the room until she screamed his name excitedly. Timini was chosen by the fans and he recognised them during his speech.
He said, “Wait, Wait, Wait, Mad o! Mad o! Mad o! Ten seconds, ten seconds. I’d like to thank Niyi Akinmolayan, I’d like to thank Baba God, I’d like to thank Dakore, I’d like to thank anybody that has ever hired me and all of you that are not here on this stage. My fans, Watch Timini, I love you guys. Hear me, I’ll make you proud. Thank you!”
His older sister and mentor, Dakore Egbuson-Akande who was also nominated in 2018 immediately took to social media to shower him with praises. She shared a video of her brother receiving the coveted award and said, “And then the world stopped and this happened! My brother, @_timini WON the best actor in a drama at the #AMVCA7 and I had the pleasure and honour of presenting him with the award. I still have no words. Just thanks and praises to God. Love you for being the best aburo an Egbon could ever have! #ExcellenceIsInOurDna #TheEgbusonDynasty”.
Other first time winners at the event include Swanky JKA who won the ‘Trailblazer Award’, Beverly Naya who took home the ‘Best Documentary’ award for “Skin”, Larry Gaga also won the AMVCA for ‘Best Soundtrack’ for his song on “Living in Bondage”.
