Nigerian actress Bimbo Ademoye has offered a ₦1 million reward to anyone who can help identify the person behind a copyright claim on her YouTube movie, “My 30th Wedding”, after the platform flagged the production for allegedly using copyrighted audio.
Ademoye announced the reward in an Instagram post on Monday, November 9, expressing frustration over the claim, which has affected the movie’s eligibility to generate revenue on YouTube.
A screenshot shared by the actress showed that the platform had detected a song titled “We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding)” by Mazi Enemuo in the movie, subsequently marking the video as “Ineligible to earn”.
However, Ademoye insists that she owns the song, which she says was specially produced for the movie by musician and producer Progresso.
“I’m sick and tired of this. I have 1 MILLION NAIRA FOR ANYONE WHO CAN LOCATE THIS PERSON FOR ME. I will not rest until I catch this one,” she wrote.
She further alleged that the person behind the claim uploaded the song just three weeks ago, suggesting that the move was deliberately intended to claim ownership and redirect revenue from her production.
“A movie I spent my blood on. You’re claiming copyright for a song that was done for me by @progressofficial_ that I fully own,” she added.
The actress also appealed to her followers to report the account across social media platforms and called on YouTube and its African division to intervene.
“Guys pls help me report this person on all platforms; they uploaded it 3 weeks ago, clearly targeted me and are now claiming ownership. @youtube @youtubeafrica pls do better; this is getting tiring,” she said.
Reiterating her offer, Ademoye urged anyone with information that could help locate the claimant to come forward, promising the ₦1 million reward.
“Anyone who can send me the location of this person gets 1m from me. Let’s all be mad together,” she added.
