Harboursandport.com: Lagos - Popular Nigerian actor, Chiwetslu Agu who was arrested by the Department of States Security (DSS) hours after he was released by Soldiers last week has been released.
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ejezie Emeka Rollas confirmed this development.
A statement signed by Rollas said the guild has yet again secured the
actor's release.
The statement reads in part: "On behalf of the Guild, I was at the DSS office with my colleague, the Senior Special Assistant on Military Affairs and Inter-Governmental Relations to the AGN President Steve Eboh to receive Mr. Agu today."
The elated actor thanked God for surviving the ordeal and commended
the leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria headed by Ejezie Emeka Rollas for
their relentless efforts in securing his release from the detention."
It would be recalled that Agu was arrested last week, while on a
charity mission around Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State by
soldiers for wearing proscribed IPOB outfits.
The Nigerian Army in a statement said that the actor was arrested “while
inciting members of the public and soliciting for support for the proscribed
Indigenous People of Biafra”.
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