Popular Nigerian filmmaker and producer, Seun Egbegbe, has opened up on his experience behind bars in prison.

The producer recounted his ordeal during his latest interview with actress Biola Adebayo on the ‘Talk to B’ podcast, where he described his prison term as a period when he kept praying to quickly get out.

Seun Egbegbe was remanded in February 2017 after being accused of obtaining money by false pretence from 40 Bureau De Change operators to exchange large sums of naira into foreign currencies.

The police charged him with fraud involving N39,098,100, $90,000, and £12,550. The court granted him N5 million bail but he could not meet the conditions and remained in custody.

He was finally acquitted in 2022, after five years and eight months behind bars.

Speaking on the his jail term during the interview, he stated that many inmates die daily, as the prison was a tough place to be in.

He said:
“People died every day in that prison. It is not a good place. I told God that if you truly exist, then I must leave here alive.

“If you go and return, thank God. Know that He loves you and has given you a second chance to live.

“There is a cell for new prisoners; it is called ‘welcome cell’. If 20 people were brought in overnight, at least two would be found dead by the following morning.”