Issakaba which is an anagram for

Bakassi Bakassi is a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea. It lies between the Cross River estuary, near the city of Calabar and the Rio del Ray estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Niger ...

is a movie produced in the year 2001 by

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (born 20 June 1971) is a Nigerian film director and film producer. Career Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1995 mainly as a film director and producer. He currently lives in Lagos. His films feature unexplo ...

, and it is based on true life events. It involves community vigilante boys called

Bakassi Boys The Bakassi Boys are a group of Nigerian youth vigilantes in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. Activities of the vigilante group includes fighting against robberies, ritual killings, kidnapping, as can be observed in the case of the charismat ...

fighting against crimes like armed robbery and murder cases that put fear and panic in the community. It depicts also the battle against Eddy Nawgu a sorcerer that terrorized the people of Nawgu community in

Anambra State Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State ...

Plot

The Issakaba boys led by Ebube had to fight against armed robbers who terrorize their society. The armed robbers possess certain mystical powers that they use in their robbery activities. Because of this, Ebube and his team of Issakaba boys also acquired powers that enable them to fight against robbery. The movie is full of action, horror and drama.

Cast

Sam Dede Samuel Dedetoku, popularly known by his stage name Sam Dede (born 17 November 1968), is a Nigerian veteran actor, director, politician and lecturer. Sam Dede as he is widely known in movies studied Theatre Arts at the University of Port Harcour ...

Chiwetalu Agu Chiwetalu Agu (born 1956) is a Nigerian actor. He won the 2012 Nollywood award for 'best actor in indigenous movie (non-English speaking language)'. His usage of specific language slangs, phrases or clichés in many films has made him uniquel ...

*Pete Eneh * Amaechi Muonagor *Susan Obi *Mike Ogundu * John Okafor *

Andy Chukwu Andy Chukwu (born 14 May 1959)is a Nigerian movie director. He started his career as an actor. Movies he has acted in include ''Karishika (1996)'', ''Witches (1998)'' and '' Issakaba (2000)''. Movies directed by him include '' Mr. Ibu'' and '' 2 ...

* Zulu Adigwe * Diewait Ikpechukwu *Remmy Ohajianya *Emeka Nwafor *Tom Njemanze *Uche Odoputa *Emeka Ani

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* Igbo-language films Nigerian films based on actual events 2000s vigilante films Nigerian drama films English-language Nigerian films 2000s English-language films {{Nigeria-film-stub