Chinwetalu Agu Recounts How He Rejected N10m From Mike Adenuga, Billionaire Paid N20m Instead, Video Trends

Chinwetalu Agu Recounts How He Rejected N10m From Mike Adenuga, Billionaire Paid N20m Instead, Video Trends

  • Veteran actor Chinwetalu Agu has recounted his experience with Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga
  • Chinwetalu shared how he was able to get Adenuga to pay him N20 million as against the N10 million the billionaire had proposed to him
  • The veteran actor said it was a wonderful moment for him as netizens shared their take on the video

Nollywood star Chinwetalu Agu is making headlines over a video about his experience with Nigerian billionaire and business mogul Mike Adenuga aka The Bull.

Chinwetalu, during an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, revealed he rejected the whopping sum of N10 million from Adenuga to play a role in a movie.

Chinwetalu Agu, Mike Adenuga
Chinwetalu Agu revealed Mike Adenuga paid him N20m. Credit: @mike.adenuga @chinwetaluagu
Source: Instagram

The actor revealed that he had not made N1 million at the time, but he stood his ground and insisted on getting N20 million instead.

Chinwetalu was, however, able to get Adenuga to pay the N20 million after he pretended he was not interested in the deal and showed signs of walking away.

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The actor said:

"I pretend to rise up and said, ‘give me money to go back to Enugu. If there’s any available flight, book it for me let me just quietly go back.’
“They regarded me to now being serious when I rose up. Chief Mike Adenuga said ‘sit down.’ He ordered them to bring documents for signing. They brought and I signed.

Chinwetalu revealed he made some Uhuru dance moves right in the office.

"I didn’t want them to know that N20m was a big deal [to me]. But it was the most wonderful thing at the moment," he added.

Watch the video below:

Netizens react as Chinwetalu Agu rejects N10m from Mike Adenuga

See some of the comments below:

dancingbrains:

"He’s so honest and that’s royal."

glittersglow:

"I loved that slogan back in the days when I watched that movie uncle Chinwetalu is too much."

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im_character:

"The legendary Chiwetalu."

yegwaflorence:

"Ekwensu aromancimamiwata in the building the legendary himself ."

DSS releases Chinwetalu Agu

Legit.ng reported in 2021 that the Actors Guild of Nigeria secured the release of Chiwetalu Agu from the Department of State Services (DSS).

The AGN made this known via a statement posted on its official Instagram page.

The statement, which was signed by the AGN's communication director, Monalisa Chinda, read partly:

“The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas, has yet again secured the release of Actor Chiwetalu Agu from the custody of the DSS."

Source: Legit.ng

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