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Romero's (Gabriel Afolayan) neighbourhood is in trouble. People are suddenly manifesting symptoms of rabid river blindness . With his friends, Emmy (Kelechi Udegbe) and Peju (Omowunmi Dada) he struggles to understand how the neighbourhood's sole source of water supply could have been infected. However, there's no time to ponder because they all must survive and fight their way through to escape the infested neighbourhood.

The lead character's name "Romero" played by Gabriel Afolayan is in homage to George A. Romero, one of the masters of the genre.

C.J. "Fiery" Obasi who had been visiting a friend in the slum location began to develop a story based on the unique features of the area, such as its one-exit in, one-exit out feature, as well as the fact that the area had only one source of water where everyone fetched from. Obasi felt that based on the premise which through a recent UNICEF report had placed half the population of Nigeria as not having access to clean drinking water, and listing toxic contaminations as the majority of the cause of this water population, it was feasible enough to create a story that affected the common Nigerian.

In an interview, Obasi said he chose the name "Ojuju" because he didn't want to use the word "zombies" in any manner or form as regards the project. He felt that if such an outbreak were to occur in the slums of Lagos, they would hardly use the word "Zombies" to describe it. Obasi felt it would be more realistic to eliminate any and all supernatural elements to the plot, and localize a well-known and celebrated pop-culture (zombie) for the Nigerian environment, rather than trying to do a Hollywood-version of what a zombie film ought to be. The entire film is in Pidgin English, Yoruba and Igbo.


Cast overview:
Gabriel Afolayan Gabriel Afolayan - Romero
Omowunmi Dada Omowunmi Dada - Peju
Kelechi Udegbe Kelechi Udegbe - Emmy
Meg Otanwa Meg Otanwa - Alero
Chidozie Nzeribe Chidozie Nzeribe - Fela
Brutus Richard Brutus Richard - Gaza
Jumoke Ayadi Jumoke Ayadi - Iya Sikiru
Paul Utomi Paul Utomi - The First Ojuju
Tommy Oyewole Tommy Oyewole - Officer Lade
Yvonne Enakhena Yvonne Enakhena - Aisha
Kelechi Joseph Kelechi Joseph - Teenage boy
Emeka Okoye Emeka Okoye - The Chemist
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