Nollywood actress Nancy Isime has sparked outrage among the Muslim community in Nigeria for wearing a niqab in a robbery scene in an upcoming movie, “Three Working Days.” On Monday, Isime shared pictures of a bank heist scene from the movie dressed in Muslim attire on Instagram . She captioned the post, “Life Lately.
” In pictures, she donned a niqab ( a niqab is a veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the faces, apart from the eyes), wielding guns in what seems to be a bank robbery scene. Jerry Ossas directed the movie, which stars Demi Adebayo, Mike Afolarin, Uzor Arukwe, Deyemi Okanlawon, Romeo Horsfall, and Emem Ufot. The movie’s poster, also revealed in her post, depicts women in hijabs and face veils brandishing guns during a bank heist, sparking widespread outrage.
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