Kolade Morakinyo, a sound editor, has accused Nigerian filmmaking pair Funke Akindele Bello and husband JJC Skillz of failing to credit him for his contribution to their popular film ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga.’
On Tuesday, Morakinyo took to Twitter (@morakkolad) to claim that the pair had denied him his due credit as the film’s sound editor and designer.
Despite labouring under tight deadlines to complete his assignment, he claims that he and his team were not given credit for the film’s sound design in the recently announced AMVCA nominations or for the version released in theatres and on Netflix.
‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ was nominated for the AMVCA 2022 awards in nine categories.
He wrote, “In October 2021, I was contacted by JJC Skillz/Funke Akindele to work on Omo Ghetto the Saga. This project came to us super late so my team and I spent so many sleepless nights trying to deliver,” Morakinyo shared on Twitter in a Twitter thread.
“Even though the delivery format we required for our work was messed up by their Picture Editor, I had to work from Amen Estate residence to resolve this issue. We finished the project, sent to the cinemas and got beautiful reviews about the sound production of the movie. Please see below feedback from JJC himself (attach video).
“3 days ago, the AMVCA announced its nominees and to my utter shock, my name wasn’t there. I discovered I’d been replaced with someone that I later learnt only did the film score (read as soundtrack). I immediately reached out to JJC and he claimed this was an oversight and sent his apologies. He also claimed he’d sent an email to AMVCA to rectify this error.
“However, nothing has been fixed. As at this time, nobody is giving me any concrete information and Puffy Tee, who was wrongly credited, is enjoying all the attention from my hours of work and sweat.”
Cassandra Owolabi, a scriptwriter, once accused Akindele of having poor working conditions with her employees in 2020.
As of the time of publication, the actress and her husband have not to respond to the new charges levelled against them.
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