The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the popular Nollywood veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu.
Newsflash Nigeria had reported that Agu was first arrested by the Army on October 7, 2021 around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State for adorning a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor.
The army had accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra which has been accused of several acts of terrorism. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution.
On Tuesday morning, the DSS moved Agu to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja from Anambra.
The move, Newsflash Nigeria learnt, is to intensify investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public.
But on Tuesday evening, he was released from DSS custody.
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas, in a statement, said the association was able to secure the release of Actor Chiwetalu Agu from the custody of the DSS.
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Ejezie, in company of a colleague, a senior special Assistant on Military Affairs and Inter-Governmental Relations to the AGN President Steve Eboh, received Agu at the DSS office, Abuja.
The elated veteran actor, who was in the company of actress Monalisa Chinda and another colleague, thanked God for surviving the ordeal.
He commended AGN for its relentless efforts in securing his release from detention.
