Charles Okpaleke shares rationale behind making upcoming movie ‘Hijack 93’
Movie maker, Charles Okpaleke has revealed the reason he wants to make the upcoming historical movie, Hijack 93: The Mad Men & the Aircraft
He shared this via a post on Instagram. The filmmaker said that he wants to tell the story of the 1993 Hijack so that the young people will know the Nigerian history. He said, “May Day May Day!! Committed to telling our stories, so our children’s children will know and tell their own children about Nigerian history. #playnetworkstudios#nollywood.”
The movie sheds light on the striking event of October 25, 1993, where four teenage boys hijacked a Nigerian Airways plane as a way to protest against the June 12 elections.
On that historical day, four Nigerian young men, Richard Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Rasaq-Lawal, commandeered a Nigerian Airways aeroplane on it’s way to Abuja from Lagos, and forced its pilots to land in the Niger Republic. Their audacious attempt was to force the government to hand over power to MKO Abiola.
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