‎‎The Historical “Ali Must  Go” Hits The Cinemas

‎‎The historical “Ali Must Go” event, which caused much upheaval in the nation, has been captured in a movie and is set to hit the screens.
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‎The event happened in 1978, when 36-year-old student leader Segun Okeowo led a fearless nationwide protest after seven months of negotiations against a military government led by then General Olusegun Obasanjo that increased university school fees.
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‎Dialogue failed, and soldiers opened fire, but the daring student leader never gave up, and it erupted into the most bloody student public protest in Nigeria.
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‎The “Ali  Must Go” movie is written and produced by the late Segun Okeowo’s son, a popular filmmaker known as Kolade Segun Okeowo. He unveils the true story of Nigeria’s unforgettable biggest student uprising.
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‎Speaking on what inspired the film, Kolade Okeowo said that the movie is not about a protest. It is about what happens when conscienceless power meets powerless conscience. And who laughs last.
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‎”I did not choose this story. This story chose me. My father, Segun Okeowo, was 36 when he stood in Dodan Barracks and told a military government that education is not a luxury. He was arrested for it. He was rusticated for it.

‎”For years, I heard people call it ‘Ali Must Go’, like it was a slogan. But the documents he left behind call it something else. The struggle for the democratization of education.
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‎”This film is not nostalgia. It is a warning. In 1978, students were killed for asking that school fees not be raised. In 2026, parents are selling properties to pay school fees. The numbers changed. The question did not: Who gets to be educated? I am making this film in three layers”.

‎Though the cinema release date has not been disclosed yet, The movie,Ali Must Go ‎which shaped lives and policies in Nigeria will become more of a talking point.

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