Chai! Nollywood stars dey vex as dem don raise alarm say cinemas dey spoil their movie release. Niyi Akinmolayan, wey be producer, don dey drag cinema operators wey he claim dey cheat am and other filmmakers! E get as dem dey collect money for ticket, but no show the film! E no sweet at all!

For Twitter, Niyi don warn say if dem no fix up fast, e go mention names of the cinemas wey dey play the game. ‘If by end of day, you no fix up, I go call una name!’ Na wetin he talk. E don identify three cinemas wey dey do this kin wahala, and e no go let dem hear word!

Toyin Abraham too no gree sit down for one side; her new film ‘Oversabi Aunty’ dey face the same trouble. She clear say na wetin dey happen dey make am no fit chop well. According to her, ‘dem dey sell ticket for her film, but carry people go place wey no be her own.’ How person go expect money to come like this?

Ini Edo wey just dey start her own producer journey, also join the wahala, as she show video clips for Instagram wey dey show how audience dey cry say cinemas dey do am anyhow. She talk say ‘e dey vex me well, as a first-timer, I suppose enjoy this my hustle, but instead, I dey face all these wahala despite my hard work.’ But she still get faith say God go show dem pepper!

This no be the first time Nollywood stars dey complain about cinemas wey no dey follow their own rules. Last year, Mercy Aigbe don cry out too say dem dey discourage people from watching her film ‘Thin Line’!

Even Femi Branch don open mouth talk say some staff dey wear promo shirts for other movies just to sway audience from watching different films. E be like say na serious matter cinemas dey sweep under rug. Pere, wey don face loss of over N150 million, dey shout say na unfair practices dey kill una vibe!

But cinemas no wan hear wetin dem talk. Patrick Lee, wey former chairman of Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), don shake his head, say cinema no go fit sabotage films wey go fetch dem money. E clear say na high-selling films dey carry cinema operators, so why dem go wan shoot demself for leg?

Nollywood dey call for more fairness, transparency and reason from cinema operators to make sure dem fit deliver their films to the people wey fit watch am. Dem dey shout say if cinemas fit no change, make we expect serious crashing of relationships between filmmakers and cinema operators for Naija!’