Director Kemi Afolabi and her crew got injured by yet another set of touts who stormed their movie location.
The news was shared by actor Ijaduade Azeez who narrated how the men physically attacked the movie director and her crew in Ikorodu yesterday, and he begged Nigerians to help amplify their voices, so that the Lagos Government would intervene.
“This crazy area boys won’t kill us the actors one day…this is happening right now on our movie set @ikorodu,” Azeez captioned the video of Kemi Afolabi battling with one of the touts. “Please this has to stop help us oooo.#saynotoactorsabuse. They injured me, the director @kemiafolabi , the producer,camera man and some of the crew…please we need Nigerians to stand up for us.“
He added, “My crew as been wounded now including my self plz help us on this.”
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This disturbing development comes just weeks after actress Omoni Oboli started a campaign to stop touts from harassing filmmakers.
Recall that Omoni and her team were shooting at a Lagos suburb when a gang of tout disrupted their shoot, causing utter chaos when the actress refused to part with some money.
Omoni Oboli’s video sparked mild reactions. Now, another set of filmmakers have been harassed and this time, the crew reportedly was injured by the touts.
Yes this happened right now on my set in Grammar School area of Ikorodu. Nigeria Government must support of industry,” another filmmaker, Rafiu Afolabi Olawale, confirmed yesterday’s incident.
Hopefully the Lagos State Government will intervene this time.
