In the world of Nollywood, captivating stories have always been a powerful tool for teaching valuable life lessons. Apart from teaching captivating stories, these stories imitate and reflect the past to teach moral lessons.
Ijogbon echoes back the narratives of Nigeria’s crisis – crude oil. After this movie, it is safe to say that the plot of this movie might however be limited but recreates how the discovery of crude oil breaks the positive prospects of Nigeria. As soon as crude oil was discovered in the 19’s, every stakeholder sought ways to consolidate its booming profits with their personal satisfactions, rendering the resources abode and the nation at large impoverished.
Kunle Afolayan’s movie brilliantly delves into the Japa syndrome. More explicitly, Jamiu, the oldest of the youths seems so desperate to leave the country for overseas in search of greener pastures. It is his decision that overrides the rest – Oby, Prince, and Ranti – in harbouring the diamonds which eventually invite their woes.