I smuggled myself back into Nigeria after getting stranded in Paris - Jim Iyke

<p>It must have been a crazy adventure.</p>, <span>Nollywood actor Jim Iyke snuck himself back into Nigeria during the 2020 lockdown. Instagram/JimIyke</span>, <h2>Veteran Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has narrated the series of events that led to him having to sneak back into Nigeria in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.</h2>, <p>The legendary actor guest starred in the Is This Seat Taken podcast, hosted by Chinasa Anukam, where they spoke about his acting career and his impact on Nollywood.</p>, <p>Here, he revealed how he snuck himself back into Nigeria after being stranded in Paris for five months.</p>, <p>"I had to smuggle myself back into Nigeria; it was crazy. I flew to Cotonou and came back home by road back into my country, and at midnight too. I had a hood and dark shades on to conceal myself at the back of the car. I'm sure they were thinking 'why is this dude wearing dark shades at night," he said.</p>, <img src="https://cdn-fmcrawler.shalltry.com/public/prod/files/images/2023-07-20/original/643ceda6-e9e6-4782-aa71-a024de54ac87.jpg">, <span>Jim Iyke was stuck in France for five months because of COVID.</span>, <p>According to the actor's account, he had gone to Paris to visit his second son, who lives in the capital, when the lockdown occurred, leaving him stranded.</p>, <p>After those five months, the veteran Nollywood star started to miss home and wanted to return to Nigeria, but most countries had shut down as a result of the pandemic, so he had to sneak back into the country.</p>, <p>In his words, "I thought I could hang out with my son while the world was shutting down and still have enough time to run to London and catch a flight back home; Nigeria, Paris, Amsterdam, and America shut down, and I ended up stranded in Paris for five months."</p>, <p>See the full interview below:</p>