Nollywood star, Jim Iyke, has revealed that he paid fellow
actor Uche Maduagwu to beat him in a video that went viral last year.
Iyke had in August 2021 beat Maduagwu up for questioning his
source of wealth. The video went viral at that time.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo published on Wednesday,
Iyke noted that the beating was orchestrated and that he paid Maduagwu after
they reached an agreement.
He said, “I called the man, we had an understanding, I paid very well for it, rolled out the script, called Moses in, we shot it and we’re about to release the ending of it. I’m not stupid. I will never make that kind of mistake.”
Iyke added that it was his strategy to promote his movie,
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“We buried over N20m in the production of that film and
people were still viewing it with a certain degree of cynicism. Immediately
there was a scandal, it caught fire,” the actor revealed.
He further noted that he was discouraged about pulling the
stunt but went on with it because he understood what the people wanted.
Iykw said, “I even called my sister the day before and she
said that it will backfire. I said ‘No’. I understand people’s mindsets. They
have a propensity for gossip and bad news. There’s no way it would backfire.”
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