The Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood is poised for a showdown as the Association of Nollywood Core Producers,ANCOP, has petitioned EFCC and SFU over the N50 million largesse donated by Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State to support the industry.
The association is alleging massive fraud in the disbursement of the fund. It has petitioned theEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) to investigate the matter.According to a copy of the petition made available to HVP, signed by the association's President, Comrade Alex Eyengho, the group is asking the agencies to invite the National President of the Associationof Movie Producers, AMP, Zik Zulu Okafor, theNational President of the DirectorsGuild of Nigeria, DGN, Andy Amenechi; the Secretary General of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Yakubu Abubakar and actress Stephanie Okereke- Linus Idahosa for obtaining the fund and disbursing it without theconsent of the industry's stakeholders.
Part of the petition dated August 19, 2013 and addressed jointly to the EFCC and SFU, read thus:
"On June 15, 2013, news broke out that some Nollywood stakeholders under the auspices of anon-existent 'Guild of Nollywood Stars' visited Governor Akpabio in his office in Uyo for the purpose of collecting the N50 million pledge to Nollywood.
"The Governor presented to the visitors a prototype post-dated (25-06- 2013) Zenith bank cheque number 00063639 with....
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