BREAKING: DSS Releases Chiwetalu Agu [PHOTOS]
Chiwetalu Agu, a veteran Nollywood actor arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) has been released.
The actor was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The army had come out to say it arrested Agu for soliciting support for the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra.
He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, made his release known via a statement posted on its official Instagram page
The statement which was signed by the AGN’s communication director, Monalisa Chinda, read partly: “The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas, has yet again secured the release of Actor Chiwetalu Agu from the custody of the DSS.”
“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 President, Steve Eboh, to receive Mr. Agu today.”
The statement added that Agu thanked God for surviving the ordeal and commended the leadership of the AGN for standing by him.
Recall that the actor was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for adorning a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor.
The army had accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra which has been accused of several acts of terrorism. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution.
