“Ignore Scam Chats From My Impersonator” – Adeniyi Johnson To Fans

Adeniyi Johnson

Nollywood actor Adeniyi Johnson has alerted Nigerians over an impersonator tarnishing his image. He recently had his say via a press statement shared on social media, and fans have been reacting.

Revealing that the impersonator is using his brand to reach out to people with fake business messages, he urged fans to ignore any suspicious chats or proposals sent in his name.

Announcing that he has no manager or personal assistant at the moment, Adeniyi stressed that any number claiming to represent him should be disregarded.

His words, “SCAM ALERT 🚨 ❌❌🚫!!!….. I DO NOT KNOW THIS PERSON OR REPRESENT WHATEVER HÉ OR SHE STANDS FOR!!! NEVER USED THIS NUMBER… AND FOR NOW I HAVE NO MANAGER OR PERSONAL ASSISTANT!!!

PLEASE IGNORE CHATS OR BUSINESS PROPOSALS FROM HIM OR HER!! I DO NOT KNOW HIM OR HER!!!

PLEASE LET’S FRUSTRATE THIS NUMBER WITH CALLS AND REPORT IT AS WELL!!!

OUR NAME NO GO SPOIL OOO. THANKS MY GUY @lanreadediwura FOR BEING SMART”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.