Mr Ibu’s Children Were Invited For Questioning By The Police Over The Actor’s Account – Ex Manager

The ex manager of Mr Ibu, Emeka Chochoo has come out to explain why the actor’s adopted daughter, Jasmine and his older sons, Daniel and Val were invited by the police.

Recall that Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala recently announced that Ibu’s adopted daughter, Jasmine Chioma Okafor and his sons have been arrested over claims that Jasmine transferred N300 million donated by Nigerians to Mr Ibu’s account, into her own account.

Doris wrote, “Jasmine and Ibu’s sons were arrested at Alagbon Police Station. They are detained there. Ibu’s wife alleged that Jasmine moved N300 million out of the account. Ibu’s wife allegedly wanted them to buy her new house from the money contributed so far for Ibu’s treatments. That’s why she arrested Jasmine. But investigation states that the money contributed isn’t even up to N300 million.”

Reacting, Emeka simply confirmed that Jasmine, Daniel and Val were invited by the police over the actor’s account.

His words, “Yes, they were all invited by the police. I won’t call it arrest; the police invited them over Mr Ibu’s account. However, Val is left out as he knows nothing about what’s been happening. He just returned to the country.

I have not been able to reach any of them.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.