Chidi Mokeme Opens Up About Arrest During Movie Shoot
During an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Nigerian actor Chidi Mokeme shared intriguing anecdotes from his personal life.
Not hesitating to delve into a difficult chapter, he recounted a challenging incident that led to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment. However, the conversation took an unforeseen twist when Chude probed Chidi about a previous encounter he had with the Nigerian Police.
The actor candidly recounted the incident, “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.”
The actor highlighted a common predicament faced by entertainers, especially when dealing with law enforcement during unconventional hours.
He elaborated on the challenges they often encounter when explaining their late-night movements to the police.
“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.”
Chidi highlighted the obstacles encountered by individuals in the entertainment sector, where engaging in late-night activities is a regular occurrence due to work obligations.
He brought attention to the inherent difficulties of persuading law enforcement officials about the authenticity of their late-night pursuits.
He continued, “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.”
