A veteran Nollywood Actor, Leo-Spider Osuji popularly called Spider by his fans has been arrested while on a movie set in Enugu state over the weekend.
It was gathered that the popular Nnobi born Enugu based entertainer was nabbed on the set of The Pure Water Girl, an up coming movie production by IkeOdogwu TV.
Reason for his arrest is still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.
According to an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, Spider who is playing the role of Maazi in the movie The Pure Water Girl was filming when suddenly police officers stormed the location whisked him away forcing the production to halt.
Adding that his arrest may not be unconnected with suspected attempted murder and sell of property belonging to his late brother.
According to the producer of the movie, Ikechukwu Okafor of IkeOdogwu TV, who posted this on his social media handle ‘IkeOdogwu TV’, the actor was forcefully taken away from his set while filming.
“He was forcefully taken away while filming in Enugu on the set of The Pure Water Girl…
“This happened on my set, he was taken away before he could finish filming for me… 😪, he said.
“The Pure Water Girl is a very interesting story, and his role in this movie is an important one, but with his arrest I don’t know what next to do”, he said.
He explained that spider’s arrest has forced him to halt his production till further notice.
Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer in the State for his reaction provided abortive.