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Owerri
/ əˈwɛrɪ /
noun
- a market town in S Nigeria, capital of Imo state. Pop (local government areas): 401 873 (2006)
Example Sentences
Obasi’s movies are replete with genre elements, including his 2015 feature, “O-Town,” a semi-autobiographical drama set in a fictionalized version of Owerri.
For Obasi, it’s the fulfillment of a dream that began in childhood, when he first began watching movies on his family’s old black-and-white TV set in their hometown of Owerri, Nigeria.
Many of them, like Dayo Ekundayo from the eastern city of Owerri, were involved in the EndSars protests that forced the disbandment of a notorious police department two years ago and also morphed into calls for better government.
This killing of humans to use their body parts for magic purposes gripped Nigeria in the mid-90s and led to riots in the eastern city of Owerri after the kidnap and murder of an 11-year-old boy in 1996.
In April last year, more than 1,800 inmates were freed by gunmen who ambushed Owerri police headquarters, in south-eastern Nigeria.
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