An amateur video of a Nigerian film actress in a sex scene has caused an outcry in the north of the country, prompting a movie industry body to expel actors deemed “immoral,” according to Reuters.

Muslim clerics have condemned the clip and radio programs have been full of complaints about immorality in the film industry. The actress, who was not named by the paper, has gone into hiding, Leadership said.

Nigeria’s hugely successful home video industry, known as Nollywood, is mostly based in the south of the country which is predominantly Christian and considered less conservative.

In the past few years a Hausa-language home video industry has sprung up in the north and has also become very popular.

Leadership newspaper said the Kano state Filmmakers’ Association had reacted to the scandal over the sex video by expelling 17 actors - who had no connection to the video - deemed to have brought the industry into ill repute.

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