Nigeria: DKD Wins Best Actor As Eye of the Storm, the Cursed Ones Win Big At AMAA 2016

The annual Pan-African award, Africa Movies Academy Awards AMAA was held last weekend at Port Harcourt amidst pomp and pageantry as expectations were high from the nominees to win some awards to take home. Interestingly two movies, 'Eye of The Storm' and 'The Curse Ones' from Burkina Faso and Ghana respectively got three awards each. South African and Nigerian movies were known to grab the highest awards.

AMAA was held for the 1st time in the Garden City, precisely at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre in the presence of the Governor, Nyesome Wike, his beautiful wife, Judge Eberechi Wike and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed along with other dignitaries.

The centre was filled up even as security men, majorly policemen and women took extra seats meant for guests as they abandoned their work gazing at the stage as proceedings went on. Mike Ezunruonye and South African OAP, Kgopedi Lioane anchored the event but they would have done better.

Movie actors, producers and professionals from different countries were all at the event. Nigerian celebs, Dakore Akande, Biyi Bandele, director of FIFTY, Olu & Joke Jacobs, RMD, Pete Edochie, Chinwetala Agu, Doris Simeon, Daniel K. Daniels, Aneke Twins, Eniola Badmus, Saheed Balogun, Uti Nwachukwu, Okey Bakassi, Stanley Ohiukhuare, Tony Akposheri to name a few were all present at the venue. A colleague hinted that actors under the Yoruba movie sector had all agreed not to attend this year's event for the shoddy treatment meted to them the previous year in SA.