Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has cried out after his life was
threatened over his involvement in a multi-million naira movie sponsored
by the Nigerian Army aimed at depicting the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
as a terrorist organisation.
According to SaharaReporters, the movie titled “Fatal Arrogance”
was sponsored by the Nigerian Army as part of a cover up of the December
2015 massacre of Shiites by soldiers.
Over 348 people were said to have been killed, with 347 bodies secretly buried by the army in a mass grave during that incident.
In the movie shot in Enugu State and produced by Anosike Kingsley
Orji, Edochie was featured in a role with an outfit resembling Sheikh
Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the IMN, who has been in detention since
December 2015.
Reacting in a 12-minute video following the backlash that has
greeted the movie production, the Nollywood actor claimed that he was
not aware of the theme and script of the film before accepting the
contract to feature in it.
He disclosed that he also minimised his role in the film production
as a guest actor and asked Nigerians not to condemn the movie until it
was released.
He said, “I don’t understand what the IMN is driving at. The
film we shot is not even out, it has not been edited, the production is
not complete.
“If they have complained to the Inspector-General of Police,
and the IGP says give me a copy of the film, what are we going to do
because the film is not in existence yet, it is not in circulation.
“I am supposed to have played a role that ridiculed their boss, chief, whoever is in charge of their group.
“I am suggesting that you wait, keep your gunpowder dry, when
the film is released, you can now make your grumbles known to the
Inspector-General of Police.
“Whatever is being done now is premature, it is not proper.
“Fatal Arrogance, whatever it is, whatever it deals with, I
think the best thing to do is to wait until the production comes out.”
The veteran actor went ahead to raise the alarm over the threat to his life for acting in the controversial movie.
He added, “I did not write it, the film was produced by
Kingsley Orji Anosike. If you want to express resentment over the
production, which you have not watched, direct your grievances to the
producer of the film not to Pete Edochie who is a mere actor, it does
not concern me.
“I thank all those people who out of concern informed me of the
campaign of deliberation of my person, the organised threat of my
person by IMN, I thank you all. I’m a free born of Nigeria, I was born
and raised in Nigeria. I’m not going to run away from Nigeria because a
few individuals think they want things done in their own way.”
Watch interview below:
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