Paul Sambo (born January 27, 1976) is a Nigerian

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Life

Sambo was born in

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. He had been married to Lami Daniel since March 2012. The couple was reported by ''TheInfoNG'' to have welcomed a baby girl into their family on September 17, 2015. He, however, was reported to be in a serious romance with a TV presenter, Juliet Chidinma Mgborukwe, with whom he was featured in a

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at the time.

Career

He was featured as "Mr. Brown" in

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's 2012 romantic film, '' Mr. and Mrs.'', also featuring

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, Joseph Benjamin,

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, Paul Apel. In 2014, he was featured in

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's film on VVF titled, '' Dry'', which also starred

's and starring

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, American actor,

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and British actor,

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. He was featured in

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's 2018

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, ''

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'', also featuring

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, Reminisce,

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. He was starred in Kenneth Gyang's

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, '' Sons of the Caliphate'', in which he played the role of "Khalifa".

Filmography

References

External links

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