Production manager Anierobi Braveness, moreover identified as Nwa South, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a Nollywood crew member on the plot of the movie Lagos to Opulence.
The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, interested a violent altercation between Braveness and the head of make-up, Mary Chizzy Eze.
Twinny News experiences that a viral video making the rounds on social media exhibits Braveness and the make-up artist engaged in a fight as several americans try and separate them.
Within the clip, Braveness changed into considered hitting Mary and holding her by the neck sooner than others intervened.
Fixed with an announcement released on Wednesday from the movie crew community, the assault occurred after Mary complained about the uncomfortable lodging equipped for the crew, alleging that 15 female crew contributors had been housed in a single room.
The assertion read, “On the twenty eighth of October, 2025, on the plot of Caddilly Production’s Lagos to Opulence, a production manager named ANIEROBI COURAGE A.Okay.A. NWA SOUTH, physically and violently assaulted the head of make-up, Mary Chizzy Eze, on plot.
“The production manager violently hit and strangled the make-up H.O.D. for speaking up in opposition to sick and unequal treatment among the many crew, as proven within the video evidence we obtained. He has now been arrested, while the make-up artist has obtained health center treatment.”
The community condemned what it described as Braveness’s “violent and animalistic behaviour” and told filmmakers to blacklist him for six months while the police proceed their investigation.
“As a community, we strongly condemn this violent and animalistic behaviour, the inhumane lodging prerequisites on the similar plot, the place 15 female crew contributors had been lodged in a single room,” it added.
“This stage of forget for human dignity is unacceptable. We stand firmly in opposition to every form of abuse, assault and crew maltreatment.”
Experiences on-line model that Braveness, who has worked as a casting director on several Nollywood projects, changed into taken into custody after the incident, while Mary changed into treated for accidents.
The Nigerian Movie Crew Neighborhood moreover known as on guilds and producers to be definite higher welfare prerequisites for crew contributors on movie devices.
© 2025 Twinny News, a division of Polance Media Inc. Contact us by technique of [email protected]
