Bimbo Ademoye has confronted a group of suspected area boys who disrupted her outdoor film shoot, demanding money from the production crew........…
The incident, captured in a viral video shared on .... X by a user identified as #Usmanashafe, has sparked widespread reactions and renewed concerns over extortion targeting movie productions in Nigeria.
In the clip, the actress is seen standing her ground as the men aggressively demanded a “settlement,” a tactic commonly used against film crews operating in public or community spaces, particularly in Lagos.
Responding firmly, Ademoye, speaking in a .... mix of English and Pidgin, made it clear that while she had no issue appreciating people around her set, she would not give in to threats or coercion.
“I am a street girl, let me tell you. Ask around, when it comes to matters of the street, I like settling boys. But you don’t come to me and tell me to give you a certain amount,” she said.
When one of the men retorted that he had not come to beg, Ademoye was blunt in her response.
“Yes, you came to beg. You are even being proud of it,” she said.
The confrontation sharpened when one of the boys threatened to switch off her camera. Ademoye fired back: “Camera that nobody in your generation has.”
The men, numbering between three and five, did not physically escalate the situation on camera, but their presence and demands visibly disrupted the active shoot. No weapons were seen in the video.
The incident drew sympathy and praise online, with many viewers commending Ademoye’s composure and refusal to be intimidated.
#Usmanashafe, who shared the video, noted that the recurring threat of such disruptions had pushed many Nollywood producers away from outdoor locations.
“That’s why a lot of producers these days prefer to make their movie production an indoor set. No producer wants to put the lives of their cast and crew in the danger of these thugs,” the user wrote.
The practice of extorting film crews on location shoots is a well-documented problem in Lagos, with producers often forced to pay or risk having their equipment destroyed and shoots shut down.
It has contributed to a visible shift in recent Nollywood productions toward gated estate locations, which critics say has narrowed the visual range of Nigerian films.…READ / MORE…
