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Femi Adebayo speaks about how he sold some of is properties to produce Jagun Jagun movie. 

Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Femi Adebayo Salami has opened up on the action he went to bring Jagun Jagun, his newest movie, to life.

In an interview with the press, the box office King revealed that he sold his properties to fund the movie because he didn’t want to seek help from financial institutions and individuals.

He disclosed that Jagun Jagun is a multi-billion naira project, though, he don't disclose actual amount he spent on funding the project.

I used the proceeds of Ageshinkole to produce Jagun Jagun. I was working on not getting funded by finance houses and individuals. At a point, I was out of finance and because I had faith that the project would work, I sold my properties”.

When he did King of Thieves, he knew he was going to beat it with his next project, but now he doesn’t have such confidence.

Femi Adebayo also spoke on how he built the warrior school from scratch.

“We built from scratch the warrior school. We were forced with the challenge of purchasing that land, we wanted to own the land. And at a point, we had an agreement and paid for it, but the children of the owner of the land changed their minds about the land sale. We have built the school halfway when the children who came from Lagos told us to stop. They were ready to destroy all that we built and that held us up for almost a week, going to the Police station and Obas appealing to them and we were told to only shoot there and not buy it.

Speaking about his inspiration, he said, “What inspired the story of Jagun Jagun is the youth and environment of Nigeria.

I use the movie to pass across a social message to the youths and wanted to do it culturally”.