The founding father of the Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has narrated how his South African accomplice defrauded him of $3.5 million on the acquisition of a cinema complicated in Kenya.
Although he didn’t point out his accomplice’s identify, he recalled that by making a financial institution switch of the stated sum, the South African registered the enterprise in his identify.
The previous Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District said this through the fourth version of the Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Nigeria Digital Content material Regulation Convention, held in Victoria Island, Lagos State, on Thursday.
He stated, “I used to be referred to as to purchase a cinema complicated in Kenya for $3.5 million. I transferred the cash and my South African accomplice registered it in his identify. That was how I misplaced that vast funding.
“I’ve a studio in Los Angeles and I’m battling with litigation with one of the crucial outstanding actors in Hollywood.”
The media enterprise mogul expressed his curiosity in film manufacturing, including that whereas he’s at present engaged on a film script, the film would handle basic points in society.
He careworn the importance of selling creativity as he recalled that a while in the past, whereas he went to the Ajegunle a part of Lagos, he noticed some children preventing.
Murray-Bruce famous that the youngsters — “future leaders” have been “studying how one can be powerful. However some individuals see them as crooks. Leaders of leisure within the US right now have been born of their Ajegunle.
“The leisure trade is a really profitable one. In all of the issues I’ve carried out, I’ve by no means made one transfer about film making however now, I’ll. I’m engaged on a script and I do know we are going to get it proper. We’ll take care of basic points.”
The loss of life of Anyiam-Osigwe, a outstanding Nigerian filmmaker and founding father of the African Film Academy Awards, was introduced on January 10, 2023.
The previous lawmaker additionally paid tribute to the late Anyiam-Osigwe, recalling how she used to go to him in his home on her bicycle.
“Peace got here to my home sooner or later and requested me why I deserted leisure and have become a politician. I’ve recognized her since she was six years outdated. She used to come back to our home on her bicycle. Her brothers additionally used to come back driving theirs,” he stated.