‘MKO’ takes over billboards nationwide ahead of Oct 1 presidential premiere

June 12 film hits cinemas Oct 2

 
A nationwide publicity blitz has begun for MKO, the much-awaited film on the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, with giant billboards springing up in strategic locations across Nigeria ahead of its October 1 national premiere.
The massive outdoor campaign signals the final countdown to the Nigerian release of the historical film, which revisits one of the most consequential episodes in the country’s political history and the turbulent events that followed the annulment of the election widely associated with the late Chief MKO Abiola.
In Lagos, MKO is already commanding prominent outdoor spaces, with a sprawling billboard announcing it...