Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi was arrested alongside military officers accused of planning a violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Premium Times reported.
Amandi, a director and former chairperson of the Enugu State Chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, was arrested in September 2025.
The actor’s last Instagram post was on 19 September, shortly before his arrest.
This is the first time the actor’s alleged role in the alleged coup plot is being made public.
This The publication gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials last year.
