Angela Okorie accuses colleagues of stealing her ₦100m film title, calls out Zubby Michael

• Angela Okorie has accused Zubby Michael of being involved in a film using the title of her unreleased Queen of Guns.

• The actress says she invested almost ₦100 million in her trademarked movie.

• She also claims her promotional photos were used to promote another film carrying the same title.

Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has publicly accused fellow actor Zubby Michael of being involved in the alleged use of the title of her unreleased and trademarked film, Queen of Guns, claiming the development has cost her significantly after investing close to ₦100 million in the project.

Okorie made the allegations in a video that has since circulated widely on social media, where she expressed frustration over what she described as a deliberate attempt by people in the industry to undermine her work.

She said her film, Queen of Guns, has not been released on any platform, including YouTube or anywhere else and that her Manchester fans were set to be the first audience before a wider rollout across other cities.

Despite this, she alleged that others had gone ahead to use the title, with some using her recent promotional photos as thumbnails for content that had nothing to do with her project.

"Queen of Guns is not out yet. It's not out on YouTube; it's not out anywhere. Yet if you go to YouTube and type Queen of Guns, you will see that they have used the recent pictures that I was using to shoot the movie and made a poster, then brought out an old movie they shot over 10 years ago and called it Queen of Guns," she said.

She directed specific frustration at Zubby Michael, questioning how he could agree to be associated with a project bearing the same title as her trademarked film.

"Even Zubby, you accepted that kind of thing. How dare you? You shot a movie with a working title. Why did you not use your working title to push your work? That movie is what I shot with almost ₦100 million, and mine is trademarked," she said.

A search on YouTube confirms the existence of at least two films bearing the Queen of Guns title, one uploaded approximately 11 months ago featuring Okorie's image as the thumbnail, and another uploaded three weeks ago featuring Zubby Michael.

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Okorie said the title had been trademarked precisely to protect it, and expressed disbelief that the name was being used despite that protection.

Neither Zubby Michael nor anyone connected to the other productions had publicly responded to her allegations at the time of writing.