Nollywood actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has publicly rejected an apology from a man she accused of triggering a copyright claim that temporarily demonetised her YouTube film My 30th Wedding, making clear she still intends to hold him accountable.
The dispute began after a man identified as Mazi Enemuo uploaded a soundtrack from the movie to a streaming platform. The upload triggered an automatic YouTube Content ID claim on the track titled “We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding),” rendering the film ineligible to earn revenue on her channel. Ademoye said the song was produced for her by musician Progress and that she owns the rights to it. She alleged the upload happened about three weeks before the claim and targeted her work.
On Monday, November 9, 2026, she offered a ₦1 million reward for information that could locate the person behind the claim.
“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. A movie I spent my blood on,” she wrote.
She urged followers to report the account and called on YouTube and YouTube Africa to intervene.
By Tuesday, monetisation on the film had been restored. Ademoye thanked her team, including Uduak Isong, Sir Fela and Progress, for acting quickly. She said the individual was believed to be around Colchester or the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and left the reward open for anyone who could help locate him physically.
“If I let this slide, they’d do it again and think it’s ok. Mazi, let’s play less,” she added.
Enemuo then posted an open apology on Instagram. He said he uploaded the song to help promote the sound to a wider audience, not to infringe on her rights.
“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 wrote.
He said the claim should clear within 24 to 48 hours.Ademoye was not convinced. She shared the apology and responded directly.
“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!” she wrote.
She questioned his explanation about helping her to reach a wider audience:
“You wanted to use your 250 subscribers to help me reach a wider audience with my almost 2 million subscribers?”
She also asked why he selected that particular song.
“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?”
She pressed further on the monetisation.
“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 made it clear she had no intention of letting the matter go without consequences.
“If I don’t pick you up from Essex, I’d pick you up before your homecoming… 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. I’m on you son! It’s not a threat, it’s a promise.”
She also pushed back against critics who accused her of seeking publicity or of being careless with copyright. She shared screenshots of messages from people whose channels she had previously had taken down after placing copyright claims on her other projects.
“The above screenshots are from people begging me because I had their channels taken down because I did my due diligence and put a copyright on all my projects,” she wrote.
My 30th Wedding, released on October 1, 2026, on Bimbo Ademoye TV and starring Ademoye and Timini Egbuson, has been a major YouTube success. It crossed 10 million views within roughly 48 hours and later reached around 29 million views.
This is not the first time Ademoye has faced a similar issue. In January 2026, a copyright claim on the soundtrack of her film Where Love Lives temporarily affected monetisation before the matter was resolved.