Four armed men invaded the set Magic Movies in the forests of Enugu on Sat 12 noon broad day light 10th Jan 2015. This took place in Amechi village in Enugu.Ghanaian heart-throb Majid Michel, UK based Cameroonian beauty-queen Brun Njua and Chioma Judith saw 4 men approach them, initially taught they were extras in the movie. Before they knew bullets were flying
and they placed a gun on Brun's head.They were robbed of all their smart phones and cameras.
It all happened so fast and the cast and crew were all in a state of shock.
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| Majid Michel |
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| Brun Njua |
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| BrunNjua // MjidMichel // ChiomaJudith |
This is very worrying for Nollywood filming. When I shot a film in the forests of Asaba with Tchidi, we had to go with armed guards.In the good old days, when armed bandits attacked, once they realise you are a Nollywood star, they will apologise and ask for autographs. That is not the case these days.
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| Filming with ace director Tchidi |
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| Filming night time. We had heavily armed security on set. |
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This is not the first time armed bandits have attacked a film set, but is is becoming worrying. The Association of Armed Robbers should look into this and ban their members from attacking Nollywood artist and film crew.
It is more embarrasing because Majid is from Ghana, Brun Njua is one of the fastest growing Nollywood actresses in Nollywood from Cameroon, but based in the United Kingdom. This will not give Nigeria good publicity abroad.
As Nollywood continues to grow at this phenomenal rate, we should not be hampered by these kind of behavior.
We are grateful to the Almighty God that no one was harmed. But they are greatly shaken. But as it is said in showbiz : THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
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