Veteran Nollywood actor Yemi Ayebo, popularly known as Yemi My Lover, has made a heartfelt appeal for support as he seeks to regain stability in his life.
In an interview with Mr LilGaga on YouTube, the Yoruba movie star, renowned for his iconic 1993 film Yemi My Lover, revealed that he is currently facing financial hardship.
The movie star, who explained that he is still struggling despite the film’s success in 1993, accused movie marketers of waging war against him.
Yemi further asserted that the film industry is about connection and pleaded with his colleagues to help him recover.
He said, “I wrote and produced the movie in 1993. The movie cut across Nigeria, especially in the Yoruba-speaking part of the country. But I didn’t make money from it because 90% of the money was gotten by piracy.
“I didn’t make profit from the film because there was no social media, so I don’t have opportunity to promote it widely. As a result of this, the movie was pirated, and the marketers waged war against me for handling the marketing myself. It was distributed illegally, and people made profit from it.
“That marked the beginning of my problems. I’m broke right now. The industry is about connections, I need more connections to get back on my feet.”
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