Tenants of the House is a 2019 Nollywood film written by Tunde Babalola, produced by Dr. Wale Okediran and directed by Kunle Afolayan under the sponsorship of Ford Foundation, Premero Consulting Ltd, Bank of Industry, and National Livestock Transformation Plan. The movie was based on Wale Okediran fictional novel written in 2009 and it mostly focused on political conspiracies, girl child education and betrayals.

The film stars Yakubu Mohammed, Joselyn Dumas, Dele Odule, Saeed Funkymallam, Chris Iheuwa, Umar Gombe.

Tenants of the House

Plot

The movie is about lower chamber of the national assembly following the script of the novel written by the producer. It is all about a politician (Kunle Afolayan) who stands to settle the feud between the Hausa and Fulani in the Green chamber by passing a bill.

Tenants of the House

Synopsis

The movie revolves around a selfless congressman who wants to use his position to settle the ancient conflict between the Fulani herdsmen and Hausa farmers. He singlehandedly sponsored a bill that will eradicate the vendetta but he had to face different issues from corrupt congressmen who do not care about the conflict.

Tenants of the House

Premiere

The movie was premiered on 25 June 2021 in Abuja at the Sheraton hotel and it was also screened nationwide.

Cast

Kunle Afolayan as politician

Ahmed Abdulrasheed as Assassin

Jadesola Abolanle as housemaid

Idris Abubakar as young Samuel

Adam Adeniyi as caterer

Adeniran Adeyemi as Arese's Driver

Sanni O. Amina as Hon. Four

Olusesan Atolagbe as Hon. Three

Ganiu Baba as Alhaji Megida

Dasu Babalola as Pot belly Man

Issa Bello as Batejo's Father

Adeniyi Dare as Henchman

Joselyn Dumas as Hon. Elizabeth

Kent Edunjobi as party band leader

References

English-language Nigerian films

2019 films

Nigerian drama films