The recent visit of First Lady Dame
Patience Jonathan to Enugu has left a big
scar on Nollywood. This is because the
police in Enugu are currently looking for
ways to settle the bitter feud that
engulfed the artistes’ community in the
state over how an alleged First Lady’s
largesse would be shared among top
actors who attended her rally.According
to the Sun
This feud has seemingly put one group
known as Nollywood Apostles against
other stakeholders in Enugu State led by
Patience Ozokwor popularly known as
Mama G, making it very difficult for the
center to hold.
As at last Thursday, some of Nollywood’s
big wigs involved were still angry and
had refused to show up at the Police
Area Command, Abakpa Nike, Enugu
where the case was domiciled. The Area
Commander had arranged for them to
settle the matter amicably.
Checks reveal that Nollywood Apostles
comprising some of the best faces in the
movie industry including Steve Ajebo
Eboh, Charles Awurum, Emeka Enyiocha,
Benedict Johnson, Chinwe Owoh, and
Ngozi Ezeonu among others had been
featuring at several PDP campaign rallies
including the one that brought Dame
Jonathan to Enugu.
According to a source, trouble started
after the departure of the First Lady
when facilitators of the rally, Patience
Ozokwor and Chinyere Wilfred were on
stage giving the vote of thanks.
An aide to Dame Jonathan had allegedly
dropped a parcel containing N3 million
into the hands of one of the actors,
which he quickly cornered with the con
nivance of his fellow ‘Apostles’. But the
cookies crumbled when the aide called
Mama G aside and intimated her of the
monetary gift and to whom it was
handed.
“The real drama started when the actor
who collected the parcel was about to
zoom out of the venue in his car. Mama
G re-enacted her screen roles for real. In
her view, the money was meant for all
the stakeholders who graced the rally
and not only for the Nollywood Apostles.
Mama G stood in the way of the car,
yelling and asking to be crushed just as
she sent someone to call the police. She
didn’t mind being called witch,
ashawoand all sorts of unprintable
names. She blocked the car until the
police came and took all the parties to
the station,” a source says.
However, Steve Eboh has denied ever
being involved in such a show of shame.
He told Entertainer:
“I never had anything to do with any
money or anything like that. Don’t mind
them, my brother. As I speak with you
now, I am on my way to see Father Ede
in Elele, Rivers State.”
For Charles Awurum, who later returned
this reporter’s call after several phone
calls made to him, it was denial all the
way. Hear him: “I don’t know about any
issues concerning Dame Jonathan’s
money. I am in Port Harcourt now,
please.”
On her part, Patience Ozokwor
confirmed the story but she wouldn’t
want to elaborate further, until after the
elections. “The police have invited
everyone to the station for settlement,”
she volunteered.
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