Nollywood Movie Director, Moses Eskor's Strange Encounter While On Set In Akwa Ibom Village

By Nse Peter

Ace Nollywood movie producer from Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Eskor said he and his crew incurred the wrath of elders and youths in a remote village in Akwa Ibom State for breaking an age-long tradition in the village.

The incident occurred in Ikot Abia village, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

 “A cast on my set mistakenly struck the royal gong of Ikot Abia village, (a village location we are filming),” Eskor wrote on Facebok. “This brought conflict between the production management and the village council”

Eskor said he begged the village youths who successfully intervened on their behalf, after which he sought to know more about the tradition which they broke.

“I was told that we cannot use an artist (a stranger) to act the role of playing the village gong as the original village gong cannot be stuck by a visitor

 “I was also warned that the village is not a careless community, before the gong sounds there are some materials that must be given, which includes two bottles of native schnapps, a native fowl, kola nut and a jar of palm wine.”

Eskor continued: “The materials were given, but the village council still insisted that the original village gong player must be the one to play the gong in the production. I had no choice but to accept the condition.

“I spent time to give the old man some acting orientation. We finished the scene successfully. But the wahala did not end there; the old village gong player now said he enjoys acting. He now needs more movie roles. In fact, he wants to be a star.”

Opinion: Akwa Ibom people and their fake phonetics by Moses Eskor

Mr. Moses Eskor, a renowned Nollywood producer from Akwa Ibom State posted this interesting article on Facebook and we felt we should share it to our readers. The article is published unedited. Please read it after the cut, and also do well to share it to others. Who knows, someone out there could repent of his old ways after reading this…..

I am angry, very angry!
I stumbled on a phone number of my long lost friend of many years, I left him in Lagos in 1998 and came home because of School, (I thank GOD I came home), I was excited to get his number from his brother in Uyo, I sat in my room this afternoon to give him a call, I began speaking to him in Ibibio language, our native language that he understands, after introducing myself, he sounded as if he did not understand me, he ask me to use English language, when I went further he angrily dropped the call, I was surprised, I then call his brother who gave me the number to report, the young man sadly told me that David Udo Ntekpere hates to be spoken to in Ibibio language, that I should've used Yoruba or English, I'm angry, this is not the first time an Akwa Ibom son is doing this to me,It is Sad to note that Akwa Ibom people make 60% of fake Nigerians who speak through their noses, most of them live in Lagos, to them Uyo is "idung" (village), they hate it if you talk to them in Akwa Ibom language in public, they'll reply you in phonetics, most of these people spend their lives in rented houses in Lagos while their younger once boast of fleets of buildings in Uyo, if you ask them they'll tell you they hate coming home because of their relations who they believe are all witches and wizards, After their big-time lifestyle in big towns, after all their hussles and enjoyments they normally return home frustrated to face us, the "Progressive and rich Witches", the "successful, educated local" in Akwa Ibom, please if you are one of these people, come home, home is the best, there is no greener please than your home, Nigeria is decentralizing, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Abuja are no more the only lands of opportunity in Nigeria, there are many successful people who are making it from their States, please plan to come home this year, stop living a fake lifestyle, be proud of your root. A tree that forgets it's root is a dead tree