{"id":278645,"date":"2023-07-09T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=278645"},"modified":"2023-07-09T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:05:22","slug":"oba-rilwan-akiolu-to-producers-remove-eyo-from-gangs-of-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/09\/oba-rilwan-akiolu-to-producers-remove-eyo-from-gangs-of-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Oba Rilwan Akiolu to producers: Remove Eyo from Gangs of Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu writes producers to Eyo from Gangs of Lagos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>State Government in support of Oba Akiolu&#8217;s demand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Story does not set out to denigrate the Eyo culture &#8211; Co-writer, Jegede<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His Royal Majesty, Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos has called on the producers of a movie, <em>Gangs of Lagos,<\/em>\u00a0and Amazon Prime Video, the video streaming platform it is on to immediately remove, cease from using the image and manifestation of the Eyo masquerade in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the movie which was written by Kay Jegede and Jade Osiberu was produced and directed by Jade Osiberu and Kemi Lala Akindoju, and was released on Prime Video on April 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Several criticisms had trailed the movie since its release for its portrayal of the Eyo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/07\/apc-chairman-abdullahi-adamu-a-masquerade-ive-no-rift-with-him-tinubu\/\">masquerade<\/a> as the \u2018first gang of Lagos\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement made available to newsmen,\u00a0Oba Akiolu described the movie as a defamatory and sacrilegious one, which inflicted huge reputational damage on the Eyo brand.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, \u201cI am the custodian and final authority of the Adimu Orisa and its manifestation\u2014 the Eyo. These traditional rites are the tangible and intangible property of the indigenes of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes, that have been inherited from past generations for over 200 years, maintained in the present by the Oba of Lagos, and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese traditions express our way of life and thought. They are proof of our intellectual and spiritual achievements. They must not be used without the indigenous owners\u2019 express permission, or desecrated in any way whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Oba Akiolu had, in a three-page letter to Osiberu\u2019s Greoh Studios and Amazon Web Service, on June 28, insisted that the image and manifestation of Eyo should be removed from the movie.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the producers of using the appearance of the Eyo for commercial gain and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/07\/jamb-investigates-6-centres-on-alleged-exploitation-warns-vendors\/\">exploitation<\/a> without permission or due reference to the oba\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Akiolu had copied the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Vice President of Amazon Web Services in Luxembourg, Barbara Scarafia; the President of Isale-Eko Descendants Union, and a Lagos lawyer, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The letter read in part, \u201cImmediately remove and cease from using the image get up and manifestation of the Adimu Orisa \u2014 The Eyo \u2014 in your film, Gangs of Lagos. Submit within 14 days a proposal for consideration\u2014 for the restitution of the sanctity of the Eyo; provide within 14 days\u2019 compensatory proposal for the infringement of our intellectual property rights in our cultural heritage which you have commercially exploited without license; submit within 14 days a draft of an appropriately worded apology to the Oba and indigenous people of Lagos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 14-day ultimatum would expire on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the Isale Eko Descendants\u2019 Union and other notable actors, such as as Jide Koskoko, had at different times disagreed with the portrayal of the Eyo masquerade in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a co-writer of the movie, Kay Jegede, had stated that the movie did not set out to denigrate the Eyo culture. In an interview with Vanguard Newspaper, Jegede was quoted to have said, \u201cThe story does not set out to denigrate the Eyo culture. A film is about characters, and if a criminal disguises himself as a revered cultural symbol, surely it does not equate to the filmmakers disrespecting the symbol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt speaks to the personality of the character portrayed and nothing else. I hope that we\u2019re able to look at this story as what it is\u2014 a depiction of the beauty of the human spirit in its quest to triumph, despite the limitations of its environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu writes producers to Eyo from Gangs of Lagos State Government in support of Oba Akiolu&#8217;s demand Story does not set out to denigrate the Eyo culture &#8211; Co-writer, Jegede His Royal Majesty, Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos has called on the producers of a movie, Gangs of Lagos,\u00a0and Amazon 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