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Issakaba (2000)

Issakaba poster
Directed by
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Genre
thriller film
Country
Nigeria
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of vigilantes takes on violent crime and a feared sorcerer in a Nigerian community. The film is based on real events involving the Bakassi Boys. It shows their fight to stop a terrorizing figure.

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What happens

Issakaba is a 2001 Nigerian film directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen. Loosely based on real events, it depicts a group of vigilantes called the Bakassi Boys fighting crime as well as the alleged sorcerer Eddy Nawgu, who terrorized the Nwagu community in Anambra State. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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