Adeleke to Grace Adeola Agoro’s‘Okikiola The Fisherman’ premiere
Osun State governor Ademola Adeleke has been billed to attend the premiere of Adeola Agoro’s debut flick, ‘Okikiola The Fisherman.’
The premiere has been set for August 2, 2024 and according to Agoro, Governor Adeleke, is being honoured with the premiere of the movie for his support during the challenging stages of post-production.
“When his attention was drawn to this this culturally and sensibly significant movie, Okikiola The Fisherman, Gov. Adeleke came on as a champion of the arts and culture and the movie industry by supporting it.
“As a way of thanking him and the Government of Osun State for the way they have contributed to the Osun State culture and tourism, cultural heritage preservation by supporting Okikiola the Fisherman, I decided to honour him at the premiere of the movie”, Adeola Agoro said.
The journalist turned movie producer highted the involvement of the governor in promoting the entertainment industry in Osun State with the ambition to drive the economy through the entertainment industry through job creation in the sector.
Okikiola The Fisherman is the story of love, greed, resilience, misleading, and danger inherent in taking the wrong decisions.
Okikiola, (Baaj Adebule) the star fisherman of the community, has one aspiration – to marry Dunni, the very beautiful daughter of the struggling parents of his community and he does all within his power to show how ready he is to take care of her.
By a twist of fate, the Yeye Osun of the community of the community(Jumoke George) has to quickly find a wife for her George son, Daisi (Bolanle Ninalowo), a slent war between the fisherman and the custodian of the river might either devour or open a new vista of hope for some of the characters.
The film features Kunle Afolayan, Bolanle Ninalowo (Nino), Faithia Balogun, Baaj Adebule, Jumoke George, Don Richard, Baba Olaiya, Segun Ogungbe and many others.
