Claims: Issakaba: what a 1999 Nollywood classic reveals about Nigeria’s security crisis today
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- title: Issakaba: what a 1999 Nollywood classic reveals about Nigeria’s security crisis today Source
- url: https://theconversation.com/issakaba-what-a-1999-nollywood-classic-reveals-about-nigerias-security-crisis-today-286830 Source
- summary: Nigeria is grappling with banditry, kidnapping and insurgency amid renewed debates over community policing and the creation of state police . A Nollywood classic released more than 25 years ago remains strikingly relevant today. Released in 1999, Issakaba was inspired by the real-life Bakassi Boys vigilante movement. It became one of Nollywood’s defining films, attracting audiences in Nigeria and across West Africa. The story centres on a community overwhelmed by violent crime and let down by an… Source
- published: 2026-07-16T14:28:23Z Source