Issakaba is back after 25 years, but you can't watch it in Accra yet

If you grew up on the Issakaba VCDs, the sequel is finally in cinemas. Just not in Ghana, for now.

Issakaba Returns opened on Friday, November 13, at Silverbird cinemas in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna, according to the cinema's film page.

The Accra Mall and West Hills screens are not on that list, and their programmes for 13 to 19 November don't include it. So check before you head out.

Lancelot Imasuen, who directed the 2001 original, directs again. Silverbird bills Sam Dede, Chidi Mokeme, Iyabo Ojo, Regina Daniels and Nosa Rex.

Dede returns as Ebube, the man who led the Issakaba Boys, 3News reported in 2024 when the return was first announced.

The new story is set in a place called Amangwa, where a governor turns to the old Issakaba group, and Ebube wants to stop that return.

It runs for 2 hours 26 minutes, in English and Pidgin, and Silverbird rates it 18. That's a long sit, so plan your snacks.

The title flips the letters of Bakassi, a nod to the Bakassi Boys, the vigilantes who emerged in south-eastern Nigeria in the late 1990s.

Nosa Rex, one of the cast, is the producer who apologised to Ghanaians in August 2025 after an outburst over piracy.

The Nollywood Reporter says Blue Pictures Distribution is handling the release. Whether it reaches Accra cinemas later is down to them and the cinemas.