Pastor Adeboye watches Agbara Nla in full, hosts Mount Zion team

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), and his wife, Pastor Foluke Adeboye, watched Agbara Nla: The Return from start to finish with the film’s team, co-director Damilola Mike-Bamiloye said on Instagram late on Thursday, 8 October 2026.

The viewing took place the day before, on Wednesday, 7 October. In his post, Damilola said the couple “graciously hosted us and watched the entire 2½-hour AGBARANLA movie from beginning to end”. Legit.ng reported that a separate photo showed Pastor Adeboye praying over the cast and crew afterwards.

For a remake of a 1993 Christian classic that has already broken Nollywood’s record for a non-December opening, it is a public nod from one of Nigeria’s best-known church leaders, and it came two days before the film’s second weekend in cinemas, Friday, 9 October, to Sunday, 11 October.

Did Pastor Adeboye watch Agbara Nla in a cinema?

Nothing the film’s team has posted says so. Damilola’s caption says the Adeboyes hosted the team, and it does not name a cinema or any venue. One blog headline on Friday morning said the couple had “stormed” a cinema; nothing in the original post supports that.

The caption also thanks Pastors Oluwagbemileke and Titilope Adeboye for welcoming the team and Adeola Abolaji for technical help. Nothing in it describes a public screening. The caption closes by urging people to keep watching the film in cinemas and credits Mount Zion Film Productions, CIRCUITS, SOZO Films and Nile Entertainment.

How did we get here?

The Adeboye screening is the latest step in a fast month for Mike Bamiloye’s Mount Zion:

• 1993: Mount Zion releases the Yoruba Christian drama Agbara Nla; an English version, The Ultimate Power, followed.
• 25 September to 1 October 2026: preview screenings of the remake gross more than ₦71m, according to Nairametrics.
• Friday, 2 October: Agbara Nla: The Return opens nationwide.
• Monday, 5 October: Nairametrics, citing FilmX data, puts the opening total, previews plus the first weekend, at ₦170.6m, the biggest Nollywood opening outside December.
• Wednesday, 7 October: the Adeboyes host the team and watch the film.
• Friday, 9 October: co-director Joshua Mike-Bamiloye answers critics of the original in a BBC News Pidgin interview, and the weekly digest Film Intelligence reports that the film took ₦138.4m from 22,977 admissions between 2 and 8 October, lifting its total to ₦209.3m.

How big is the reaction to Adeboye’s Agbara Nla visit?

Big. When GistMatrix checked Damilola’s post at about 11.35am WAT on Friday, 9 October, roughly 14 hours after it went up, it had about 50,400 likes and 1,100 comments. His account had about 557,000 followers at the time.

CIRCUITS, one of the four companies credited on the film, thanked the couple in the comments for taking time out to see the film “in its entirety”. Under the post, some fans asked where they could find a screening in Owerri, and under another, a fan said Genesis Cinemas in Warri had no showtimes yet.

Where can you watch Agbara Nla: The Return?

Agbara Nla: The Return is still in Nigerian cinemas, and it is the most widely shown film in the country. When GistMatrix checked the listings site Cinephiles.ng at about 11.40am WAT on Monday, 12 October, it showed 321 upcoming showtimes across 25 cinemas, more than any other title. Silverbird Cinemas’ website had listed it on Friday, 9 October, at Ikeja City Mall and Silverbird Galleria in Lagos, two Abuja sites and Galaxy Mall, Kaduna, rated 12A and running 2 hours 37 minutes. As of Monday, 12 October, no streaming date had been announced.

What happens next

Over its second weekend, Friday, 9 October, to Sunday, 11 October, the film took ₦73.3m from 12,154 admissions, lifting its total to ₦282.8m, Film Intelligence reported on Monday, 12 October. It stayed top of the Nigerian chart. CIRCUITS, one of the film’s partners, has posted cinema showtimes running to Thursday, 15 October.

FAQ

Did Pastor Adeboye watch Agbara Nla?
Yes. Co-director Damilola Mike-Bamiloye said on Instagram on 8 October 2026 that Pastor Enoch Adeboye and Pastor Foluke Adeboye hosted the team and watched the whole film the day before.

How much has Agbara Nla: The Return made?
It made ₦170.6m from preview screenings and its opening weekend, including more than ₦71m from previews, according to Nairametrics, citing FilmX data. By Thursday, 8 October, its total had reached ₦209.3m, and after its second weekend, 9 to 11 October, it stood at ₦282.8m, according to Film Intelligence.

Who directed Agbara Nla: The Return?
Damilola Mike-Bamiloye and Joshua Mike-Bamiloye, sons of Mount Zion founder Mike Bamiloye, who plays the herbalist Isawuru again.

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