Parents have called for the suspension of the scheduled premiere of Linda Ikeji’s Netflix movie ‘Dark October’ on 3rd February. The family’s and friends of the 4 Portharcourt students whom the story is centered around have asked for this ahead of the planned premiere.
In a statement made through a representative, Livingstone Wechie, claimed that the anguish brought on by the terrible deaths of their children has been reawakened as a result of the movie’s production.
Dark October is a movie about the popular “Aluu 4” in Portharcourt. Wechie said,
“Linda Ikeji produced the movie without seeking the consent of the affected families and parents of the unforgettable Aluu 4 victims. The question to Linda Ikeji is: Can you cry more than the bereaved, or do you not have some conscience and humanity in you as a parent that you have become?”
He further stated that the desperate actions of the producer of the blood-laced story in what is now christened globally as Aluu 4 or Uniport4 may falsely or arrogantly indicate that these innocent boys do not come from homes and this is not only illegal, it is both inhuman and un-African of one who should know better.
Therefore demanding that Linda Ikeji and her business partners including Netflix, etc should by this notice immediately retract and suspend any further actions including the premiering slated for February 3, 2023, and any other date pending and subject to consultations and express consent of the affected families who are at the receiving end of the entire assault.”
As of the time of this report, neither the producer nor its partners have responded to this call of action.