Actors
Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has condemned veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu for wearing a
Biafra regalia which led to his arrest.
The
thespian was arrested on Thursday by operatives of the Nigerian army allegedly
for inciting members of the public and soliciting support for the proscribed
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The veteran
actor was sharing food with the less privileged persons wearing Biafran regalia
when government forces stopped him at upper Iweka road, Onitsha.
Reacting to
the report of his arrest, President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka
Rollas, in an interview with newsmen, condemned Agu for being seen in a Biafra
regalia.
He,
however, said that the Guild is doing everything possible to ensure Chiwetalu
Agu is released.
He said: “I
don’t know why he put on Biafra regalia. The State is hot and he knows this. We
are in talk with the military officials to ensure he is released. We will do
our best. I heard they have taken him to 82 Division of the Nigeria Military
base.”
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