Nollywood veteran actor and father of one of Nigeria’s
most popular pop Musician Justus Esiri and former President of actors Guild of Nigeria,
Segun Arinze got more than they bargained when they were robbed of the belongings
at a hotel where they lodged in UK.
According to the news which we exclusively obtained
from both actors, the incident happened at TRAVELODGE Surrey in UK.
The two actors who were in the UK as part of a
performing crew of Wole Soyinka’s Play The Lion and the Jewel checked into the
Hotel when they arrived UK.
According to them, the Hotel had three keys. One with
the clientele, the second with the manager and the third with a female Polish
cleaner who cleans the apartment.
But on the day I question, while they were out on rehearsal,
they returned to their hotel only to release that their belongings have been
tampered with.
While Segun lost his Ipad, Justus Esiri was the worst hit.
He lost his international passport with various visas in it, all his travelling
documents, laptop. Monies and several other valuables.
When he spoke with CKN Nigeria at Stratford yesterday,
the veteran actor said he is practically stranded in Queens land.
When asked what has been done to recover his properties,
he said the police were called in..They had a forensic search of the place but
so far no arrest has been made.
He said the most annoying part of the whole drama is
the fact that the hotel had no CCTV CAMERA to capture the robbery.
In the meantime, the Nigeria mission I UK have issued Justus
Esiri a new passport on self-recognition ,being a National Honour Awardee.
He has the ORDER OF THE NIGER.
The cast are expected to come back to Nigeria on Monday after
a one month performing tour.
Other members of the crew includes,Olu and Joke Jacob,Keppy
Ekpeyong,Bimbo Akintola etc.
The play is being staged at Nigeria House, Royal Theatre, Stratford,
London..CKN