A-List Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, alleges threats to his life over his involvement in a multi-million naira movie sponsored by the Nigerian Army aimed at depicting the Islamic Movement in Nigeria IMN as a terrorist organisation.
The movie titled “Fatal Arrogance” was sponsored by the Nigerian Army to tell its story of the 2015 incident between the Shiites and soldiers.
The movie shot in Enugu State and produced by Anosike Kingsley Orji, features Edochie 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,the 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.
The veteran actor went ahead to raise the alarm over the threat to his life for acting in the controversial movie.
The IMN group has petitioned the Films and Censorship Board as well as the Inspector-General of police over the matter.
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