Award-winning filmmaker, Obi Emelonye has weighed in on Nigeria’s democracy day on June 12, 2022, with his recent feature film, BADAMASI.
In his Democracy Day post, the filmmaker expressed his sincere thoughts on June 12 and the correlation of his new film saying, “June 12. Every chemical reaction needs a catalyst. Every fight needs an instigator. Every chaos needs a spanner. Once the quorum is reached for the communion of spirits, someone is required to extinguish the torch. ABN- Association for Better Nigeria was a lot of things to many people, but it sowed the seed of discord which blossomed into the sheer anarchy of June 12. BADAMASI is boldly naming names on Amazon Prime.”
BADAMASI: Portrait of a General narrates the circumstances and personalities that played active and passive roles in that episodic watershed in Nigeria’s socio-political history, dominated by Ibrahim Babangida, Sanni Abacha, and MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
The film is a biopic on former President Ibrahim Babangida and events that dogged the years of the retired Army General in Nigeria’s political scene lasting over 4 decades.
Directed and produced by Emelonye, the film features Enyinna Nwigwe, Yakubu Mohammed, Julius Agwu, Charles Inojie, Kalu Ikeagwu, Okey Bakassi, Anthony Monjaro, and Ali Nuhu.