In a telephone interview, Mercy recountedher side of the story. She noted that Patience Ozokwor was given arevealing clothe to wear on that location, apparently to depict acharacter in the movie that was in the making and Patience allegedlyrefused the outfit, stating that she is not Mercy Johnson, not an‘ashawo’.
“I’m not a prostitute. I don’t like the name. I toldher I didn’t like it”. According to her, the faceoff was escalated whenMama Gee refused to stop calling her by unpleasant name...
By lastweek, there were unconfirmed reports that the Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN) might take a disciplinary action against Mercy Johnson andPatience Ozokwor but when we contacted the AGN president, Segun Arinzevia SMS, he simply stated that the issue has been sorted out in-house.
Thetext message read “Hello sir, I just want to know if the AGN is takingany disciplinary action against Mercy Johnson and Patience Ozokwor”.
“No it’s sorted out. Thanks”, he replied. Arinze would not comment further.
Arinze, sources said, has instructed both parties not to make any further comments on the matter.
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