Popular filmmaker, Zeb Ejiro has escaped death.

Sources told us that the ‘Checkmate‘ creator was almost killed in Asaba during the Association of Movie Producers (AMP) election on Saturday, 29th August 2020.

We gathered that Ejiro who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of AMP was issued death threatened to support one of the presidential candidates.

Sources added that a night before the election while Ejiro was in his hotel room, he started receiving calls from strange numbers all threatening his life and warning him he must come down the next day to endorse the election.

The last caller then says; “Mr Ejiro, if your life is important to you, better leave that hotel or die in the morning. It is either you support us or you die.”

Ejiro was reported to have been scared to death and so he quickly called his friend, Upper Willy who was also in the hotel. Willy arranged a cab and Ejiro disguised himself and escaped from the hotel and slept in a hotel at a remote village in Asaba. On the morning of the election, Ejiro rushed back to pack his belongings to return to Lagos.

However, the man who came to the venue with over 50 thugs blocked the gate with thugs and vowed that Ejiro would not leave the venue until he openly endorses his candidate.