Eight Silent Hours: Nollywood Movie Crew Mystery Deaths at Evercare Hospital

An eight-hour silence inside a parked car in Lekki, and the questions rising above it

Segun Atanda/

The deaths did not come with screams.
No struggle.
No shattered glass.
No sign of panic.
Just a parked car. Reclined seats. Air-conditioning running. Two grown men waiting for work, and eight hours later, both were found dead.

What happened on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Evercare Hospital, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, has become one of the most unsettling unexplained fatalities to confront Nigeria’s film industry in recent memory.

Inside a tinted Nissan vehicle parked within the hospital premises lay Nollywood lighting director Ekemini “GeeTee” Imeh and his childhood friend, 35-year-old Ayodeji Walter Odediran, motionless.

One was foaming at the mouth.
The other did not just foam at the mouth, he had blood around the nose, eyes and lips.

The deceased, lighting technician, Imeh, and his associate, Odediran, were reportedly waiting inside the car during the shooting of a movie at the facility that was being produced and directed by former Big Brother Naija housemate, Boma.

Imeh, the CEO of a leading lighting company, was a respected figure in the industry, known for his work on major projects like ‘King of Boys’ and music videos for top artists like Davido.

The police have not confirmed if there were visible injuries, any indication of a struggle, or immediate sign of violence. Both men were only confirmed dead.

The Nissan car inside which the Nollywood Movie crew were found dead.

Between the moment they received breakfast in late morning and the moment the doors were opened in the evening lies a silent span investigators must now reconstruct minute by minute.

The Waiting Hours
Morning on the film location had begun routinely. Evercare Hospital was one of the location scenes. Crew members arrived early to prepare lighting equipment for the day’s shoot inside the hospital premises. By mid-morning, the technical setup was complete. With filming yet to commence, Imeh and Odediran stepped into the car to rest, a familiar ritual on long production days where waiting can stretch for hours.

Around 11:00 a.m., breakfast was delivered to them. A colleague who approached the vehicle, when he brought the food, reported nothing unusual: the seats reclined, doors shut, air-conditioning on. The two men appeared relaxed.

Then the day swallowed them.

Phone calls went unanswered. Messages were not returned. At first it was assumed they were sleeping or had stepped away. Film sets move quickly; absence rarely alarms immediately. Only toward evening did concern begin to solidify into action.

After filming wrapped between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., the vehicle was found to have been reparked. Someone finally approached it deliberately rather than casually.
The doors were opened.
The stillness inside was not sleep.
Eight hours had passed.

In the aftermath, attention shifted beyond the vehicle itself to its surroundings.
Directly above the parking area stand heavy industrial generators fitted with large exhaust outlets positioned toward the space where cars are stationed. The discovery has become central to questions surrounding the deaths because such emissions, under certain conditions, can accumulate in confined or semi-confined environments.

The Evercare Hospital parking environment where the movie crew reportedly died

Medical observers note that severe exposure to toxic exhaust gases can incapacitate occupants rapidly. Victims often remain seated or reclined, unaware of danger, losing consciousness before any attempt to escape. Scenes frequently appear undisturbed; doors closed, posture unchanged, until discovered.

The physical descriptions from the vehicle have therefore placed environmental exposure among the lines of inquiry investigators are expected to examine.

Industrial generators that might be belching out poisonous fume outside the hospital

The Meal Question
Another possibility lies with what the men consumed, yam and egg sauce, shortly before they were last seen alive.

Because food was delivered to the vehicle, police have questioned the film producer, the caterer and the staff member who brought the meal. Toxicological analysis will determine whether ingestion played any role.

However, specialists say fatal ingestion events commonly produce visible distress: attempts to exit, vomiting, or calls for assistance — actions no witness has yet reported. The absence of such behaviour is part of what makes reconstruction of the final hours critical.

Following complaints from relatives, the case was transferred from Maroko Police Station to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.

Investigators are expected to rely heavily on laboratory science and scene reconstruction, including:
• autopsy findings
• toxicology screening
• examination of the vehicle’s mechanical systems
• environmental assessment of the parking area
• CCTV timeline verification

The purpose is simple: to determine whether the source of death originated from within the body, the vehicle, the surrounding environment, or human intervention.

For the families, the fear is not merely uncertainty but disappearance — that without sustained scrutiny, the deaths could be filed away as an ordinary sudden occurrence. Yet two adults dying simultaneously inside a parked vehicle is anything but ordinary.

If the cause is environmental, the implications extend beyond one film set. The same entrance serves patients, visitors and staff daily. If ingestion is responsible, accountability becomes essential. If neither, another explanation must exist.

Imeh and Odediran entered the car alive shortly after morning work ended. Evening found them still inside, untouched by the activity around them.

Between those two moments lies an answer now waiting for science rather than speculation, and until it is found, the silence inside that vehicle will continue to speak.