Nollywood actor, Chidi Mokeme has shared his personal life experiences, recalling how he was arrested and jailed by the police.
During a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the actor elaborated on the circumstances that led to his arrest and subsequent detention.
Chidi Mokeme explained that entertainers often encounter such situations due to the nature of their careers, involving late-night movements either to or from gigs.
The movie star recounted the challenge of explaining to the police that he was heading to work during those unconventional hours.
He revealed how he and others were rounded up by the police, who mistook their gun props for real firearms. This misunderstanding ultimately led to their detention in jail.
“I had a couple of brush-ins with the law. Back then, career wise, entertainers always have brush-ins with the law. Why? Because first we’re always moving at very awkward times of the night.
Either you’re just going to the gig or coming from the gig, but it always happens at very awkward times. And what makes it very awkward is when they [police] ask you and you say you’re going to work.
That’s the problem, “which work?”, that’s always the problem, “which work?” So you have to stop first, come down, because they’ll look at you and say “which work?” then tell you to come down and explain yourself. So whether you’re alone or you’re two or you’re three, which work?
Till today, you have production vehicles moving in the middle of the night packed full with crew members or cast, you have to stop and come down and explain yourself. Which work that all of you know each other? And if you don’t have a known face, you’re going to have a big problem.
So on one of those nights, we ended up in jail after we’d been rounded up with gun props. We had gun props in the car so they thought they were guns,” Mokeme said.
KanyiDaily recalls that Chidi Mokeme recently opened up about his battle with facial paralysis which made him took a break from acting to undergo treatment.
