The Association of Movie Practitioners, AMPRAC, on Saturday clarified that suspected kidnapper, Henry Odenigbo, was not its member.
Odenigbo was killed by police operatives in Lagos on July 4 during a shootout with his alleged gang of kidnappers at Ladipo market.
Reacting to his demise, the President of AMPRAC, Ifeanyi Azodo during a media briefing said that the suspect was not connected to the association in any way.
Azodo told newsmen that the association doesn’t admit people of questionable characters, noting that Odenigbo is not on AMPRAC’s data base.
He said, “Attention of all executives, members and fans of our noble and very reputable Nollywood guild, the Association of Movie Practitioners (AMPRAC) was drawn to the rude shock of a very false claim being laid on AMPRAC. One slain suspected kidnapper/armed robber, Prince Henry Odenigbo was said to be a member of AMPRAC. This is very untrue.
“When the news came up, I consulted the AMPRAC chairman of Rivers State. He went through his records and the guys name was not there. I also went through the records that we normally send to the census board, that is our data base and checked and his name was not there.
“So I don’t know why somebody will be saying that. It is untrue, it is unfounded. He was never a member of AMPRAC.
“Also before one becomes a member, we must have to screen the person to make sure that such a person has that reputation to be a member or to carry our ID card. Prince Henry Odenigbo is not known to our association.
“We have the evidence and will willingly furnish you with the data base of AMPRAC Rivers State, where he was said to have been registered. We don’t have such a name and will never have.
“It is our priority to investigate characters that come for registration auditions. We do this as basic steps to ensure that we don’t select criminals.
“We do this before any registration exercise so as to avoid dents on our image.
“This is because we realize our position as role models in the society. We never had such a fellow in our midst and we don’t have such a name in our records.”
