Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu released from DSS detention

Chiwetalu Agu, a veteran Nollywood actor, has been freed from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

The Nigerian Actors Guild facilitated his release (AGN).

Agu was apprehended by the DSS just hours after being released by the Nigerian Army last week.

AGN announced this in a statement on their official page.

According to a statement issued by their Communication Director, Monalisa Chinda. The statement reads,

“The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas has yet again secured the release of Actor Chiwetalu Agu from the custody of the DSS.

“On behalf of the Guild, I was at the DSS office with my colleague, the Senior Special Assistant on Military Affairs and Inter-Governmental Relations to President Steve Eboh to receive Mr. Agu today.

“The elated veteran Actor thanked God for surviving the ordeal and commended the leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria headed by Ejezie Emeka Rollas for their relentless efforts in securing his release from the detention.”