Gideon Okeke has taken the lead role in Ramsey Nouah’s new thriller, “Tokunbo.”
The film recently premiered in a glamorous ceremony, which was held in Lagos, on Sunday, August 19, 2024. The premiere was proudly sponsored by Amstel Malta.
The new thriller cum drama sees Okeke leading a stellar cast that include; Chidi Mokeme, Adunni Ade, Ivie Okujaiye, Funlola Aofiyebi, Funny Bone, Majide Michael, Tosin Adeyemi, and Darasimi Nadi. Directed by Nouah and produced by Chris Odey, “Tokunbo” has Chris Odey sitting as the producer while Joy Odete takes on the role of the executive producer cum co-producer.
With Muhammad Ata taking the role of Director of Photography, “Tokunbo” tells the story of a gritty Lagos breed, who after years in the car smuggling market, decides to quit to become a family man.
He switches to Uber driving, exerting unflagging effort in the bid to raise the funds required for the surgery of his one-year-old child. His deadlock is broken by Agba, a giant cryptocurrency trader and central bank deputy governor, who makes him an offer that will solve all of his financial problems if only he can do one job.
The job, which requires his expertise as a smuggler, entails that he delivers Nike, the abducted 12 year old daughter of the CBN Governor, to the Badagry border in three hours amidst the ongoing rigorous search on the streets of Lagos which is already flooded by police. Nike gets abducted as a bait to stop the regulation of Crypto in Nigeria, scheduled to be officially announced that evening by 7pm on national TV by the CBN Governor, Folashade.
Tokunbo is caught in a tightly woven web of crime where he has to choose between saving his wife, their only child or the daughter of a high profile financial officer.
