Nigeria: Exclusive - How 'Chance' Encounter With Soldier Allegedly Landed Nollywood Actor Coup Propagandist Role
[Premium Times] This installment of PREMIUM TIMES 'series of exclusive reporting on last year's failed coup details how a veteran Nollywood actor became involved with suspected coup plotters after developing a friendship with a soldier, before being assigned a propagandist role.
This article, based on exclusive reporting by PREMIUM TIMES, explores how a veteran Nollywood actor named Stanley Amandi became entangled with suspected coup plotters. According to investigators, Amandi, a respected actor, filmmaker and former chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria's Enugu State chapter, was initially friends with a soldier named Warrant Officer Nas.
Their friendship grew after Amandi met Nas during a gathering of filmmakers in Enugu, where the soldier invited him to his military barracks. Over time, Amandi became increasingly comfortable with military life and was invited to a Ramadan gathering in Abuja by Nas, who was also involved in the alleged coup plot. At the gathering, Amandi and Nas met with Colonel Mohammed Ma aji, who discussed the planned overthrow of President Bola Tinubu's government.
Amandi told investigators that he never anticipated his innocent friendship would lead him to be accused of helping shape public opinion and legitimise a new regime.
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