Odunlade Adekola, Femi Jacobs, Saka Star In Taxi Driver (Oko Ashewo)
Popular Yoruba actor, Odunlade Adekola,
AMVCA Winner, Femi Jacobs, MTN
Ambassador, Saka and fast rising actress,
Ijeoma Grace Agwu are the stars of the
latest movie, Taxi Driver (OkoAshewo)
from the stable of FilmOne, the
production and distribution arm of
FilmHouse.
Taxi Driver is a hilarious dark comedy
drama about working in Lagos at night,
as a taxi Driver. The lead character
Adigun played by AMVCA winner Femi
Jacobs, is a 31-year-old naive village
mechanic coming to Lagos for the first
time. His decision comes following the
sudden death of his father, a man he
never truly knew, yet a man very
popular in his village as the iconic Lagos
taxi driver ‘Oko Ashewo’.
However, Adigun’s coming to Lagos is on
the invitation of Taiwo, his father’s
fellow taxi driver played by popular
Yoruba actor, Odunlade Adekola. But
Taiwo is dangerous and as shady as
Lagos at night. Taxi Driver (Oko Ashewo)
tells the story of how Adigun copes with
dealing with the multitude of odd
characters he comes across working at
night from Delia the queen prostitute, to
Kakanfo the unseen vigilante, the
notorious assassins ‘three wise men’, to
the Godfather, Baba Mistura and many
more interesting characters that ply
their trade in Lagos at night. A strong
contender as one of the most beautifully
shot film ever to have come out of
Nigeria. This dark comedy story brings a
rich mixed bag of emotions from love to
greed to betrayal, shenanigans,
contradictions and self-discovery.
The movie directed by Daniel Emeke
Oriahi will be in cinemaS across Nigeria
from Friday, November 13. Speaking on
the movie, Oriahi said: ‘Taxi Driver
(OkoAshewo) is a personal journal of my
admiration for Lagos Island and its
popular streets, from Igbosere road to
Broad street, CMS, Obalende and
vibrancy of its people. I relied on own
my experiences as a foreigner to Lagos
to influence my approach in telling this
story of a man’s journey in search of
purpose. As fate would have it, the taxi
became a metaphoric embodiment of
Lagos and its passengers at night which
Adigun, the main character of the movie,
had to experience to discover his
purpose. My hope is for audiences to feel
the spirit of Eko through Adigun’s
vintage 1979 Peugeot 504 taxi which has
a prominent Eyo emblem on its bonnet
and is nicknamed Tom Kruiz”.
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