Nkem Owoh is also recognized for composing and playing the song “I Go Chop Your Dollar” which was about 419 fraud (aka, advance fee fraud), and was featured in the movie “The Master”.
This song was later banned by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and the EFCC, based on a misconception that it encouraged 419 fraud.
In the year 2007, Nkem Owoh was apprehended by the Netherland Police while in Amsterdam, Netherlands on allegation of lottery fraud and immigration violations, but was later set free.
He won the award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008. The next year (2009), he was kidnapped in east Nigeria and his kidnappers asked for a payment of N15million. He was later released when his family reportedly paid the sum of #1.4million to the kidnappers.
He has encountered lots of hurdles but has been consistent in his career over the years. Today, he is one of the most popular actors, as far as nollywood is concerned.
Nkem Owoh’s Wife
There is a popular mistake, that the Nigerian actress and Philanthropist Chinwe Owoh is the wife of Nkem Owoh. Well, this is not true. They are not married.
If you are wondering why they have same surname “Owoh”, It is because they are in-laws. Chinwe Owoh is married to someone from the Owoh family, of which Nkem Owoh is also a member of.
The real wife of Nkem Owoh is Ngozi Nkem Owoh. She is not that known, as she prefers to stay out of the public eyes. Nkem got married to his wife Ngozi back in 1998, and they have been together till date. Despite Nkem having a profession that makes him travel all the time, she has been understanding and supportive all along.
Nkem Owoh Children
Being a kind of person who does as much as possible to prevent his personal life from the public eyes, a lot of people do not know much about the personal life of Nkem Owoh.
Fans have been asking if he has a son, because they have probably seen only his daughters. Well, Nkem Owoh has two daughters who are currently teenagers. He doesn’t have a son. He has been trying as much as possible, to let his daughters live like normal people by preventing them from the public. However, he surprisingly brought them out to the public once, during the renewal of his endorsement deal with MTN. Despite appearing at the event, they didn’t have any interview session at the event, and their faces were not all that in the cameras.
It is said that he plans to show his daughters off to the public soon, as he hopes to create a platform for them. We do not know if they have passion for acting or not, but we know that; whatever they choose to do in Life, their superstar daddy would be equal to the task.
Like I said earlier, they are reserved from the public so, we do not even know their names, or hobbies.
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