If you are an ardent follower of Nigerian Soap-operas in the early 1990’s, you won’t forget in a hurry Checkmate produced by the late Amaka Igwe. Suave actor, Richard Mofe Damijo and Ego Boyo melted the hearts of their fans with their stellar performance in the soap-opera.
Excited RMD took to his Instagram page today stating the artistic chemistry he has with Ego Boyo . In addition, he also announced that they are back on the set of a new flick after 25 years.
In his words:“My journey with Ego Boyo @officialegoboyo started nearly 30 years ago, our first encounter being on the production of CHECKMATE when my dear friend Amaka Igwe pulled me in as the villain Segun Kadiri on the highly coveted TV series
“Our status as Nigerian TV sweethearts rose with the movie VIOLATED as ‘Tega’ and ‘Peggy’ became the toast of Violated fans,” said RMD, adding, “Since then Ego has gone ahead to becoming wife, mother, accomplished business woman and the president of International Women’s Society.”
“I can only hope that getting back together again on TV will tickle fans of Ann Hathrope and Segun Kadiri and the fans of Tega and Peggy who have been craving to have them grace their TV screens again,” he said, adding, “Ego and I are pretty excited about this and hope the excitement catches on.”
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