After rumors hit the net that Van Vicker was arrested in Nigeria on his way back from America where he’d gotten dummy guns which he hoped to use in a movie, the popular actor has come out to deny those rumours, no surprise there.
In an exclusive interview with Hitz Fm on Wednesday, the actor attempts to break down what really happened and thus put an end to the rumours. “I need to really get it clear that I was not arrested,” he said, according to him, he did indeed get some prop guns from America but they were to be delivered to him in Nigeria as he was currently in that country as against the story that he was bringing them in and got arrested doing so.
According to Vicker, he was stopped on his way to Ghana with the prop guns after going past the check points to come and identify his luggages. Afterwards the security agents denied him the option of leaving the guns with them as he was told he had to stay for the declaration on the guns and also a cross-check to establish they were just stage guns.
“I was with them for a very long time and then eventually we went to the SSS offices in Ikoyi but because it was really late I had to stay with them overnight and the next day processes were made for me to leave and also certify that the guns were just props,” he said.
The actor agreed that he actually contacted his wife and Nollywood actress Uche Jumbo as reported, but just to let them know what was happening in Ghana and Nigeria, after which they agreed to help him follow up on the case. Afterwards he got released and that’s where it all ended “I was just in the process of leaving, I was not being kept for a crime or detained by any police, Uche came to the SSS office and we left the premises.”
In response to the story that his arrest prevented him from attending the Arican Movie Academy Awards held over the weeked, the actor explained that he was busy shooting a movie and couldn’t leave the set for the award show which had numerous colleagues of his from different countries present.
The actor ended by saying the prop guns are back with him and he is back in Ghana to prepare for his next movie before moving on to Malawi where he has other projects to work on.
What do you think, was he arrested as previously reported???
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