Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Bimbo Ademoye, has turned down an apology from a man who filed a copyright claim against her YouTube movie, My 30th Wedding. She says she is still upset about the whole situation.
Ademoye had earlier offered a ₦1 million reward for information about the man, identified as Mazi Enemuo. The copyright claim temporarily affected the monetisation of the movie, which has gathered around 29 million views.
The film was released on October 1, 2026, on her YouTube channel.
On Monday, Ademoye took to Instagram to show her anger. She accused Enemuo of uploading a song from the movie and using it to earn money from her work.
She stated that the soundtrack, titled “We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding)”, was specially made for the film by musician Progress and that she owns the rights to it.
“I have 1 MILLION NAIRA FOR ANYONE WHO CAN LOCATE THIS PERSON FOR ME. I will not rest until I catch this one. A movie I spent my blood on,” she wrote.
Ademoye also asked her followers to report the individual on social media and called on YouTube and YouTube Africa to step in.
Later, she announced that monetisation on the movie had returned. She thanked her team for their efforts.
However, she insisted that her ₦1 million bounty on Enemuo still stands.
Enemuo later said sorry, claiming he uploaded the song to help promote the movie's soundtrack and reach more people, not to infringe on Ademoye’s rights.
In his public apology, he said, “Unfortunately, the distribution platform has laid a YouTube Content ID claim on the content. I take full responsibility for the situation and have since taken down the song from all streaming platforms.”
He added that the song would be removed from all platforms within 24 to 48 hours. He also promised to contact the distributor to make sure no claims remained.
But on Tuesday, Ademoye responded to the apology on Instagram. She called it insincere and questioned his claim that he wanted to help her reach a wider audience.
“Mr Enemuo, while I see your apology, I call complete bullshit! I took multiple breaths and I’ve counted 1-10 multiple times to ensure I calm down and not say anything out of pocket but guess what, I’m still very angry!
“You claimed you wanted to help me reach a wider audience, I’m not sure you thought that statement through. You wanted to use your 250 subscribers to help me reach a wider audience with my almost 2 million subscribers?” she asked.
Ademoye questioned why Enemuo chose to upload that particular soundtrack instead of another song from the movie. She said, “You specifically took the song I didn’t properly copyright of all the songs in the movie. Why didn’t you take hammerboi’s song? If anything, that’s the viral one I’d have loved to go even more viral.”
She also asked why he tried to claim earnings from the movie after allegedly uploading the song to promote it.
“After you ‘helped me reach a wider audience,’ why did you try to claim my earnings? Why did you monetise it and have me demonetised?” she questioned.
The actress warned that she would take further action, writing, “But I’d make an example out of you. Don’t ever take my silence for weakness, believe me when I tell you I AM NOT THAT NICE AT ALL! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MY WORK.”
In her response, Ademoye dismissed claims that she was using the issue for publicity or that she failed to protect her work through copyright registration.
She shared screenshots of messages from people who contacted her after their channels were taken down due to copyright enforcement on her projects.
PUNCH Online reports that this is not the first time Ademoye has faced a copyright issue. In January 2026, she expressed distress after someone claimed copyright on a song from her YouTube film ‘Where Love Lives’, leading to the demonetisation of her content.
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