Issakaba

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{{Infobox film

| name = Issakaba

| image = Issakaba Poate.jpeg

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| director = Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen

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| starring = {{plainlist|*Sam Dede

  • Chiwetalu Agu
  • Pete Eneh
  • Amaechi Muonagor
  • Susan Obi}}

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| released = {{Film date|2001}}

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| country = Nigeria

| language = English

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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 Nawgu community in Anambra State.{{cite web|url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_4125490|title=Issakaba (2001)|website=dla.library.upenn.edu|accessdate=7 December 2018|archive-date=9 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124230/http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_4125490|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/remembering-chukwuka-emelionwu-5-greatest-nollywood-movies-id7861733.html|title=Remembering Chukwuka Emelionwu: 5 classic movies by late Nollywood filmmaker|first=Chidumga|last=Izuzu|website=www.pulse.ng|accessdate=7 December 2018}}

Plot

The Issakaba boys led by Ebube had to fight against armed robbers who terrorized their society. The armed robbers possess certain mystical powers that they use in their robbery activities. Because of this, Ebube and his team of Issakaba boys also acquired powers that enabled them to fight against robbery.{{cite web |last1=Izuzu |first1=Chidumga |title=A tribute to "Issakaba," the greatest Nigerian action movie ever |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/throwbackthursday-a-tribute-to-issakaba-the-greatest-nigerian-action-movie-ever-id6881040.html |website=pulse,ng |date=22 June 2017 |publisher=Chidumga Izuzu |accessdate=10 November 2018}}

Cast

See also

  • Derico Nwamama, bandit whose fictionalised story appears in the film

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