Wale Ojo, won the Best Lead Actor award for playing the lead
actor in the Nigeria drama film, Breath of Life.
Ojo beat Stan Nze (Afamefuna), Marc Zinga (Omen), Gideon
Okeke (Egun), David Ezekiel (Blood Vessel), Richard Mofe Damijo (The Black
Book), Adedimeji Lateef (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior) and Gabriel Afolayan (This
is Lagos) to win the award.
Reacting, Omokri said no one deserve the award more than
Ojo, describing him as “actor par excellence.”
On his X handle, he wrote: “Congratulations to my
doppelganger, Wale Ojo, for his Best Lead Actor win at the tenth Africa Magic
Viewers’ Choice Awards.
“Nobody could deserve this more. An actor par excellence,
and a pride to Nigeria. More wins!”
Congratulations to my doppelganger,
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 11, 2024
Wale Ojo, for his Best Lead Actor win at the tenth Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards. Nobody could deserve this more. An actor par excellence, and a pride to Nigeria. More wins! pic.twitter.com/GLQjqq6hyD
The movie, Breath of Life also won the best Movie award,
defeating others such as Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Over The Bridge, Blood Vessel,
A Tribe Called Judah, The Black Book and Mami Wata to emerge winner.
Genoveva Umeh (Breath of Life) also won the Best Supporting
Actress, beating Joke Silva (Over the Bridge), Fathia Williams (Jagun Jagun –
The Warrior), Bimbo Akintola (The Black Book), Eliane Umuhire (Omen), Tana
Adelana (Ijogbon – Chaos) and Ejiro Onojaife (The Origin: Madam Koi Koi) to
scoop the award.
Additional accolades bestowed upon the movie include Best
Supporting Actor (Demola Adedoyin), and Best Director (BB Sasore).
The event took place at the Eko Hotel & Suites and was
hosted by IK Osakioduwa for the tenth time consecutive year. Toke Makinwa, Uti
Nwachukwu, and Adams Ibrahim, aka VJ Adams also returned as red carpet hosts.