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Sam Dede Movies

Title:

Hijack '93

Description:

After 2 decades, the events of October 25th 1993 are made into a narrative by Play Network Studios and Native media. It explains some of the unknown facts and some of the new ones that were later discovered about that day through interviews. The Hijack'93 did not try to fictionalize the events of that day, however, some inaccuracies were noticed by critics and some of the witnesses. The movie was not a hit or become very successful, but it has the potential of a classic as its story was taken from the famous reign of Sani Abacha.

Genre:

Thriller, Crime

Director:

Robert O. Peters

Release Date/Year:

October 3, 2024

Characters of Sam Dede
Mallam Jerry Mallam Jerry represents the real-life orchestrator and the political teacher and revolutionist who was behind the hijacking of the Nigeria Airways Airbus A310 in 1993. He had been a rebel leader in a group called the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy (MAD). At this time, he, like most of the citizens has become constantly frustrated by bad governance and Mallam Jerry recruits 4 teenage boys to carry out a deadly mission. He arranges for the team to hop onto the next flight from Lagos to Abuja with a simple demand - the resignation of Sani Abacha the sitting president of Nigeria. Mallam Jerry tells his recruits that they will be restoring the stolen mandate and will be doing this for the fatherland. They trust him and go off to a failed mission.
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