Nkem Owoh listen (born 7 February 1958) is a Nigerian actor and comedian. In 2008, he won the African Movie Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for his role in the Nigerian film, "Stronger than Pain".[1]

Nkem Owoh
Nkem Owoh at the African Movie Academy Awards in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, 2008
Born	Nkem Owoh (1958-02-07) 7 February 1958 (age 64) Amagu, Udi Town, Eastern Region, British Nigeria (now in Enugu State, Nigeria)
Other names	Nwabuoku
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Ngozi Nkem Owoh

Early life

Nkem Owoh was born in Enugu State, Nigeria. After his primary and secondary school, he headed to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and studied engineering. Already, during his university studies, Owoh began acting in various television and film productions.[2]

Career

He is also known for performing the song "I Go Chop Your Dollar" about advance fee fraud. The song was featured in the film The Master in which Owoh plays a scammer.[3] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission banned the song.[4] In 2007 Owoh was arrested in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer neighborhood in the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough) as the result of a seven-month investigation by the Dutch police dubbed "Operation Apollo".[3] Owoh was arrested while performing a musical show when the police raided the event and arrested 111 people on suspicion of lottery fraud and immigration violations. Owoh was later released.[4][5] In November 2009 Owoh was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria.[6] His kidnappers demanded a 15 million naira ransom.[7] Owoh was released after his family members allegedly paid a ransom fee of 1.4 million naira.[8][9]

Filmography

References

External links

• Nkem Owoh at IMDb
• Pasternack, Alex (2011-04-06). ""I Go Chop Your Dollar": The Nigerian Music Video about Email Scams". Vice. - Includes a transcript of the music video in the original Nigerian Pidgin and a translation into English by Azuka Nzegwu and Adeolu Ademoyo

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