Few months ago, the
world was shaken with the news on the gruesome killing of four
promising undergraduate students of University of Port Harcourt
(UNIPORT), Rivers State, Nigeria. The four boys; Ugonna Ibuzor, Tekena
Elkanah, Llyod Michael and Chidiaka Biringa were stripped unclothed,
beaten while being paraded round the village, Aluu, and finally set
ablazed which led to their deaths.
The killing of the
four UNIPORT undergraduates heated the world polity as international
media outfits reported the story and it received diverse reactions from
those who heard about it. It further affected the image of Nigeria as
some foreigners reportedly stopped having anything to do with some
Nigerians both home and abroad.
Barely three months
after the death of the four students, a Nollywood producer, Simony
Productions, which shot BlackBerry Babes, has reportedly decided to
shoot a movie on the Aluu murder when those behind the incident have not
been brought to book yet.
According to what
Newsmen scooped from industry sources, the movie of the unfortunate Aluu
killing is at an advance stage of its shooting now.
However, some
Nigerians have kicked against the development which they see as a
mockery of the death of the students. "I can bet that this movie would
be a wack one. The censor board should never pass this movie because it
is totally uncalled for," an angry Nigeria told Newsmen
Another Nigerian said,
"what is wrong with Nollywood? Why would a producer shoot a movie about
a bad incident that was condemned by the world? It is too early to
shoot a movie on Aluu because this would hurt the parents the more."
"I doubt if they
got the approval of the late victims' parents before doing this movie.
That is my problem with this industry called Nollywood. They keep
spoiling Nigeria with their dirty lifestyles. If the family of this
movie producer was involved in the incident, would he have gone ahead to
shoot this movie? He just wants to make money out of Nigerians with the
ugly incident, another vexed Nigerian told Newsmen.
An industry source,
who begged for anonymity told us, "Simony is a businessman that wants
to rake Nigerians through the Aluu 4 incident. If he goes ahead with
this movie on Aluu 4, the he should be ready to hear from the spirits of
the dead four guys. Why must he put the families of the dead boys in
another agony when Christmas and New Year celebrations are just around
the corner?
Speaking with
Newsmen when contacted on phone, Simony claimed the movie is not about
Aluu 4 as being reported. He said Nigerians and the press in particular
would have waited for him to release the film before concluding the
flick was about the unfortunate incident.
"A movie has not
been made and you people (the media) are just jumping into conclusion.
You press write too much. Will you conclude [that my film is on Aluu 4]
because you see location pictures? What I will want you to do is to wait
and let the movie comes out first before assuming the film is about
Aluu 4. You are hearing from the horse's that the movie is not about
Aluu 4," Simony disclosed to Newsmen when answering series of questions asked him by Newsmenm about the controversial movie.
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