Actor Simon Chibuzor reveals lingering trauma after kidnaping experience

By Benjamin Njoku

Nollywood histrion and shaper Emelu Simon Chibuzor has recounted his harrowing acquisition of being kidnapped successful 2021, portion filming “Forbidden Throne’ successful Imo State.

He was held captive for 4 days earlier being released aft a ransom was paid.

Chibuzor was kidnapped connected June 19, 2021, astatine gunpoint. He was blindfolded and taken to an chartless destination, wherever helium was held with different hostage.

Despite the terrifying experience, the kidnappers didn’t harm him and adjacent provided nutrient and medication.

Sharing this harrowing acquisition with newsmen recently, Chibuzor said the trauma from the acquisition inactive lingers, causing him to consciousness anxious and fearful, adjacent portion driving. As a result, he’s go cautious astir filming successful unfamiliar locations.

He narrates : “It was successful 2021 erstwhile I was filming Forbidden Throne successful imo authorities I went to get nutrient for the precocious Jnr Pope and the adjacent happening I saw was a car treble transverse maine with the occupants brandishing Ak47 . It was similar a movie acceptable I didn’t cognize what was going connected astatine a point

“I thought they were chartless gunmen , and earlier I knew what was happening, they started shooting and they dragged maine retired of the car and enactment maine successful their ain car and sped off. Inside the car, they blindfolded maine and took maine to an chartless destination astatine first. Later, they took maine to a bush wherever we spent 4 days. On the 4th day, they came to archer maine that my radical person paid the ransom and I would beryllium released today.

“When I was freed I started crying, that was erstwhile I knew I had been saved . The trauma is inactive here. I americium ever frightened adjacent erstwhile driving from 2021 till present . Sometimes I garbage filming successful a spot I don’t truly cognize due to the fact that of the fear.”

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