Veteran Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has described internal sabotage as the major challenge facing the Nigerian movie industry.

Iyke, who spoke in an interview with BBC pidgin, claimed that the sector is full of saboteurs who are incapable of helping themselves and require rehabilitation.

He stated that eliminating saboteurs from the Nollywood sector would be the one thing he would change.

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“If there is one thing I would love to change about Nollywood, it would be to purge saboteurs from the industry. The industry is full of saboteurs. They can’t help themselves. They need therapy,” he said.

The actor claimed that when his son praised his performance and referred to him as a genius, it was his happiest moment.

He claimed that the remark caused him to become upset and that he sobbed in the restroom.

“I showed my son something I was working on, and he looked at me for a second and said, ‘Papa, you are a genius.’ I went to the bathroom, and had a quiet cry”, he said.

Speaking further, Jim Iyke named Kate Henshaw as the actress he enjoys working with the most.