IRAWO -THE MAKING OF A STAR

The principal of Unick College raises the school’s academic standard, initiating rivalry between the most valuable, arrogant basketball player, IRAWO, and his closest friend, TAYO. As events unfold, the gap between Irawo and Tayo widens, until Irawo stubbornly goes into a quicksand area, and gets trapped in it. He loses consciousness, and his spirit travels to a suspension hall – a place between life and death. In the suspension hall, he is shown two screens: a left screen showing the events going on while he is in coma on Earth; and a right screen showing the fulfilling life he would have lived had he not gone into the quicksand. His time runs out; the medical personnel are unable to revive him. He cannot return to Earth, and he is not qualified for heaven either. Only God’s mercy – through the prayers of Tayo and his class teacher – is able to snatch him from the grips of the angels from hell. He regains consciousness and renounces his family’s idol – the creator – causing a rift between him and his parents. He begins to enjoy a selfless relationship with his friends; he wins back the love and respect of the most sought-after girl, the school proprietor’s daughter. The mysteries of the suspension experience begin to unravel: Tayo takes a bullet for him just when he is starting to bask in the glory of the most coveted basketball prize; he discovers his parents had sacrificed his three unborn siblings, in order to give him the life that was prophesied; his parents attempt to poison him, in staunch commitment to the cause of the creator. He must live these bitter realities with a new family, and defy all odds to become the star God destined him to be.