Actress Mercy Johnson who was reportedly in a showdown with her older colleague, Patience Ozokwor on
location in Asaba few weeks back, has blamed her uncontrollable
outburst on Ozokwor’s repeated utterances referring to her as an
‘ashawo’- a hoochie.
In a telephone interview, Mercy recounted
her side of the story. She noted that Patience Ozokwor was given a
revealing clothe to wear on that location, apparently to depict a
character in the movie that was in the making and Patience allegedly
refused the outfit, stating that she is not Mercy Johnson, not an
‘ashawo’.
“I’m not a prostitute. I don’t like the name. I told
her I didn’t like it”. According to her, the faceoff was escalated when
Mama Gee refused to stop calling her by unpleasant name…
By last
week, there were unconfirmed reports that the Actors Guild of Nigeria
(AGN) might take a disciplinary action against Mercy Johnson and
Patience Ozokwor but when we contacted the AGN president, Segun Arinze
via SMS, he simply stated that the issue has been sorted out in-house.
The
text message read “Hello sir, I just want to know if the AGN is taking
any disciplinary action against Mercy Johnson and Patience Ozokwor”.
“No it’s sorted out. Thanks”, he replied. Arinze would not comment further.
Arinze, sources said, has instructed both parties not to make any further comments on the matter.