Veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu,
says his journey to the custody of the Department of State Services didn’t
start well.
He narrated that officials of the
DSS jostled to handle his case, adding that he was treated with respect.
The actor spoke during a welcome
party organised by the Actors Guild of Nigeria.
Chiwetalu was released from Army
custody last Friday, a day after he was arrested for putting on an outfit with
semblance to the Biafran flag.
He said, “It didn’t start well
but God took control. I was only buying bread for the poor. Soldiers came in
and started scattering things.
“They said they are calling me in
the office but they did not tell me my offence. Because they did not tell me my
offence, I refused to follow them.
“That drama that took place was important so
that they will know that Igbo are here. That moment of Upper Iweka till the
time we got to the army barracks close to Zik Mausoleum, to 82 Division of the
Nigerian Army and to DSS office in Abuja, nobody touched me. They treated me
with respect.
“Every officer wanted to be
involved in the case so that they can have opportunity to interact with
Chiwetalu Agu.”
Recall that soldiers arrested the
actor around Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha for wearing an outfit with Biafra
inscriptions.
Agu was reportedly on a charity
mission to the less privileged when he was arrested by soldiers.
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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