Nigerian Actor & Comedian Nkem Owoh (aka Osuofia) Kidnapped

Culture, Social Issues — By Jaguda on November 9, 2009 11:08 pm
Actor & Comedia Nkem Owoh

Actor & Comedia Nkem Owoh

Heavily armed kidnappers plied their evil trade in Enugu State over the weekend, abducting popular actor and comic star, Nkem Owoh, famously known as Osuofia in Nollywood movies. According to an insider, who spoke with Daily Sun, Owoh, unarguably one of the most popular names in the nation’s movie industry, was abducted last Saturday afternoon along the busy Enugu/Port Harcourt Road.

Speaking further, the source who pleaded anonymity disclosed that the abductors are demanding for N15 million ransom.

Confirming the sad news, which many in Nollywood are still oblivious of, Mr. Segun Arinze, the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), said he received the news with a rude shock. “I’m perplexed,” he said.

He, however, promised to issue an official statement after due consultations with his executives and members of Owoh’s family.

It would be recalled that another popular actor in Nollywood, Pete Edochie, was kidnapped and later released by his abductors, a couple of months ago.

Nkem Owoh, from Enugu State, gained prominence in acting with his superb role in Kingsley Ogoro’s blockbuster – Osuofia in London.

Source: The Sun News

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15 Comments

  1. peter says:

    hi. peter here a kenyan. Must say that you are true actor and you always keep me laughing. first i thought you surely fool at 40. keep it up sir

  2. abdoulie jatta says:

    ARE THERE ACTING SCHOOLS IN YOUR COUNTRY?

  3. abdoulie jatta says:

    are there film acting schools in Nigeria? if yes what approximately do you think will be the fees and the requirements.
    concerning the kidnapping of the great Sofia,are the police still on an hectic investigation about the matter?

    ABDOULIE JATTA, THE GAMBIA

  4. oguta says:

    don,t blame no one but nigeria government.they re the source of our problem today.nigeria need revolution.those bad people.

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