Nigerian filmmaker Omoni Oboli has apologized for not channelling her grievances to the right authorities when her content was illegally aired by Ghanaian television stations.
She publicly apologized to President John Dramani Mahama following her controversial remarks regarding the unauthorized airing of her film “Twin Deception.”
The actress on April 23, 2025, expressed her dismay over the unauthorized broadcast of her film, which was released on her official YouTube channel the same day and threatened to meet the President of Ghana to take action against the local stations which violated her creative rights.
“I love my Ghanaian besties. I do. Ghanaians are our cousins, and cousins don’t fight. We banter, but at the end of the day, it’s all love. You see, this issue of terrestrial Ghanaian TV stations showing our movies it’s utterly shameful. My movie THE TWIN DECEPTION was released on my YouTube channel on Friday and was shown on TV stations the same Friday. “I’m going straight to the Ghanaian President this time. Cos this is now a disgrace!” she wrote on Instagram.
However, her post suffered lots of backlash for not regarding institutions set up to deal with such infringes.
In response to the criticism, Oboli offered an official apology for dragging the Ghana president and clarified her intentions.
“Just got around to reading comments and I see some of my Ghanaian besties are unhappy that I tagged the President even though it was done respectfully. To us here, we tag our President and leaders to issues, and it’s not considered out of place. Been working with some of the agencies in Ghana for over a month now, and nothing tangible has happened. I’m removing the tag. One day love,” she posted.
