Nollywood actor Femi Ogedengbe has shared a harrowing experience where he, along with fellow actors Prince Eke and Hanks Anuku, narrowly escaped a violent cult clash in Enugu.
Recounting how they managed to flee the dangerous situation years ago.
Femi Ogedengbe shared a thrilling story on Teju Babyface’s King of Talks podcast, recounting an incident in Enugu where his colleague Prince Eke unwittingly sparked a conflict by chatting with a woman who was in a relationship with a cult member, which led to a tense confrontation that put them all at risk.
He explained, “There was serious cultism in Nollywood back then; I can’t speak for now. One time in Enugu, Prince Eke and I were shooting a movie, and Prince went to talk to a lady who liked him, and the lady was dating a cultist. The cultists then brought Prince, asked him to kneel, and embarrassed him, and Prince got angry. The people who did these things to him were not even students, but they didn’t even know that Prince himself was dangerous.”
Femi Ogedengbe continued his account, explaining that the situation escalated when Prince Eke called for backup from Port Harcourt, leading to a violent confrontation in which the actors were physically assaulted.
Despite being outnumbered and battered, Ogedengbe and Hanks Anuku refused to back down, showing remarkable courage and resilience in the face of danger.
He said, “Prince called people and buses from Port Harcourt, and if you see what happened to actors that day in the hotel in Enugu, They beat us, but like I no dey fear, and Hank Anuku. They tried punching Hank here and there, but he stood his ground, and when we noticed other people like us were like, ‘Let’s die here.”
“However, Hank was the first person who defended himself, and every other actor took off, and that was the day Prince first got his recognition before he was added to movies,” the actor concluded.
