King of Thieves (Ògúndábède) is a 2022 Nigerian thriller film produced by Femi Adebayo and directed by Tope Adebayo and Adebayo Tijani.[1] It stars Odunlade Adekola, Femi Adebayo, Toyin Abraham, Broda Shaggi, Adebayo Salami, Lateef Adedimeji, and Ibrahim Chatta.[2][3] The Epic Yoruba-language movie was produced by Femi Adebayo's Euphoria360 media and co-produced by the Niyi Akinmolayan's Anthill studios. The movie's premiere held on April 4, 2022 and the star-studded event held at the IMAX Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos which featured lot of trends and talk-point.[4] The movie hit the cinema nationwide from April 8, 2022[5]
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Produced by | Femi Adebayo |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Nigeria |
Language | Yoruba |
King of Thieves (Ògúndábède) is a story of a popular town and prosperous kingdom of Ajeromi, things were going as good as they should be in the Ajeromi kingdom until Agesinkole, a powerful bandit and terrorist came to terrorize the peaceful and prosperous kingdom of Ajeromi, the Ajeromi Kingdom however sought to destroy this Agesinkole bandit with just every power within them including their hunters, witches, wizard and every power they possess.[7]
King of Thieves (Agesinkole) was premiered on Sunday, April 4, 2022 at the IMAX Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos, the theme of the premiere was 'Epic and Dangerous' which also saw a lot of celebrities in attendance and also dressing in line with the theme,[8] the event was star-studded and saw lot of celebrities and big names of the industry in attendance, some of those in attendance are Tade Ogidan, Tunde Kelani, Iyabo Ojo, Antar Laniyan, Segun Arinze, Mercy Aigbe, Dayo Amusa, Eniola Ajao, Denrele Edun, Muyiwa Ademola and a host of others.[9] Popular media company, StarTimes which Femi Adebayo is also an ambassador also hosted Femi Adebayo and congratulated him on the debut of his new movie in Cinema, the screening by the press, StarTimes team, Nollywood industry icons, and movie critics took place at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja City Mall.[10]