Kunle Remi absent at Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre premiere

Kunle Remi has explained his absence from the premiere of Kunle Afolyan’s Netflix series Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre.

Anikulapo, which debuted in 2022, has a sequel called Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre.

The show made its debut on Sunday at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos.

Kunle Remi was noticeably missing from the premiere, despite the fact that some of the cast, including Bimbo Ademoye, Sola Sobowale, Lateef Adedimeji, Aisha Lawal, Ronke Oshodi-Oke, Jide Kosoko, and Adebayo Salami, were present.

Kunle gave an explanation for his absence in an Instagram post on Sunday night, stating that he was stranded on a film set and was unable to attend the event.

The 35-year-old shared a video of himself at a movie location writing, “After collecting Royal regalia from kross kulture, to Sarolize the red carpet, I get stuck on set and can’t attend the premiere of ANIKULAPO rise of the spectre.

“I guess we wait for the world premiere Only on Netflix March 1st. See you on screen. Tuduuum!”

Kunle’s character Saro’s fate was revealed in the first episode of the series.

The actor was paid N25 million to feature in the series.

Others at the premiere include Owobo Ogunde, Gabriel Afolayan, Eyiyemi Afolayan, Uzee Usman, Tunde Kelani, Monalisa Chinda, Tana Adelana, Ruby Ojiakor, Femi Adebayo, Mo Bimpe and Tobi Makinde.