POPO ARRESTED IN KUMASI

Nigerian top actor, Osita Iheme, mostly known as ‘Popo’ was arrested while on a movie set in Kumasi on Thursday, NEWS-ONE gathered at press time.

Reports say the 31-year-old ‘smallish’ actor was on a Ghanaian movie set when the incident happened, but he has since been released.

Eyewitnesses said law enforcement agents dressed in mufti in the company of officials of the Ghana Actors Guild (GAG) and the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG), walked into the set and accosted Popo for working in Ghana without a work permit.

The production has also been put on hold until the Nigerian actor gets the necessary work permit.

Public Relations Officer for FIPAG, Michael Kwaku Ola, however, explained to NEWS-ONE that there is an agreement among the movie industry players that any foreign film maker wanting to work in Ghana must first get an official work permit from the Ghana Actors Guild and a permit from FIPAG.

“Oh it was not both Aki and Popo. It was only Popo and there was a little issue because he did not have any of these permits. But he has not come for the permit from FIPAG and he is working on the others,” Ola explained.

He said the arrangement was aimed at protecting Ghanaian film makers from the influx of foreign nationals to the movie industry.