Gideon Okeke has taken the lead role in Ramsey Nouah’s new thriller, “Tokunbo.”
The film was just released on Sunday, August 19, 2024, at a lavish event that took place in Lagos. Amstel Malta was pleased to support the premiere.
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Funlola Aofiyebi, Majide Michael, Adunni Ade, Ivie Okujaiye, Chidi Mokeme, Funny Bone, Tosin Adeyemi, and Darasimi Nadi are among the outstanding cast members in Okeke’s latest thriller/drama. Produced and directed by Nouah, “Tokunbo” has Chris Odey in the producer role, with Joy Odete serving as the executive producer and co-producer.
With Muhammad Ata taking the role of Director of Photography, “Tokunbo” tells the story of a gritty Lagos breed, who after years in the car smuggling market, decides to quit to become a family man.
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He switches to Uber driving, exerting unflagging effort in the bid to raise the funds required for the surgery of his one-year-old child. His deadlock is broken by Agba, a giant cryptocurrency trader and central bank deputy governor, who makes him an offer that will solve all of his financial problems if only he can do one job.
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The job, which requires his expertise as a smuggler, entails that he delivers Nike, the abducted 12 year old daughter of the CBN Governor, to the Badagry border in three hours amidst the ongoing rigorous search on the streets of Lagos which is already flooded by police. Nike gets abducted as a bait to stop the regulation of Crypto in Nigeria, scheduled to be officially announced that evening by 7pm on national TV by the CBN Governor, Folashade.
Tokunbo is caught in a tightly woven web of crime where he has to choose between saving his wife, their only child or the daughter of a high profile financial officer.
