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| Ghanaian Actor, John Dumelo - Arrested In Nigeria |
Star Weekly! gathered that John was apprehended on set in Nigeria whiles shooting a new movie for a female Nigerian producer. The sources disclosed that the actor was arrested for refusing to pay an amount Ghanaian actors and producers are supposed to pay before they are permitted to act in any movie in Nigeria.
According to John, they claim that the producer who brought him to Nigeria, did not pay some association levies for bringing a Ghanaian there.
“It was one of the associations which brought in the police. The police didn’t come there on their own,” the embattled actor told news men after his scuffle with the Nigerian police.
John Dumelo’s incident is seen by many as a retaliation to the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) which seized the camera of a Nigerian crew who were allegedly shooting in Ghana without the express permission of the association, few months ago. The crew, who were shooting on the Spintex Road in Accra, refused to identify who the producer was when the FIPAG members confronted them with the police. The officials then decided to confiscate their camera until the producer owned up.
The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Segun Arinze, has also confirmed the incident saying John was not arrested but was "only stopped from working in Nigeria without permit.”.
The Ghana-Nigeria rift started when Ghanaians reportedly demanded $1,000 from Nigerians acting or producing any movie in Ghana. Nollywood responded by threatening to demand $2,000 from Ghanaians doing same in Nigeria. This has resulted in some serious exchanges between the two camps. Earlier on in the year, actors Van Vicker, Majid Michel and others also faced similar situations in Nigeria and they had to return to Ghana for their own safety.
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