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 said she is still angry about what happened.
Ademoye had earlier offered a ₦1 million reward for information about the man, identified as Mazi Enemuo. This copyright claim temporarily stopped the monetisation of her movie, which has received about 29 million views.
The film came out on October 1, 2026, on her YouTube channel.
On Monday, Ademoye took to Instagram to show her frustration. She accused Enemuo of uploading a song from the movie and claiming money from it.
She said the soundtrack, called “We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding)”, was made just 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 asked her followers to report Enemuo on social media. She also called on YouTube and YouTube Africa to step in.
Later, she shared that monetisation on the movie had been restored and thanked her team for their help.
Despite this, she said that her ₦1 million bounty on Enemuo was still active.
Enemuo then apologized, saying he uploaded the song to help promote the movie’s soundtrack. He claimed he wanted to reach a larger audience, 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 also stated that the song would be removed from all platforms within 24 to 48 hours and that he would contact the distributor to ensure there were no more claims.
But on Tuesday, Ademoye responded to the apology on Instagram. She said it seemed 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 also wondered 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 questioned 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 asked.
The actress warned that she would pursue the matter, saying, “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 a postscript to her response, Ademoye dismissed claims that she was using the situation for publicity or that she had not protected 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 copyright issues. In January 2026, she expressed distress after someone claimed copyright on a song from her YouTube film 'Where Love Lives', which led to her content being demonetised.
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