The Actors Guild of Nigeria on Friday said that Nollywood Actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has been picked up by men of the Department of State Services.AGN President, Emeka Rollas, revealed this in a telephone chat with one of our correspondents on Friday.
According to him, the actor was arrested by the secret police shortly after he was released by the Nigerian Army.Rollas said, “The AGN is aware that the DSS has picked up Chiwetalu Agu after the Nigerian Army arrested him.
The Nigerian Army in a statement had said that the actor was arrested “while inciting members of the public and soliciting for support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.”The Army had also said the actor “dressed in a very well-known attire of the proscribed group”, adding that he was being questioned.
However, the Army was said to have released the actor on Friday before he was picked up by the DSS.
Earlier before his rearrest, the actor was seen seated on a bare floor with soldiers around him.Agu had said,
“I can wear this…this is rising sun, not Biafra, not Eastern Security Network…This is a civil dress“With my education, I know areas to go, areas not to go
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I was sharing 10,000 worth of bread when he (soldier) came, no campaign, nobody was doing any demonstration or carrying people along. Even people who were hawking, I was giving them bread.”
Via Punch News
Agu was reportedly on a charity mission to the less privileged when he wasmembers of the public and soliciting for support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.”The Army had also said the actor “dressed in a very well-known attire of the proscribed group”, adding that he was being questioned. arrested by soldiers
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