Checkmate (wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin na Najeriya)

Checkmate jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin ne na Najeriya wanda ya gudana daga Alhamis, Afrilu 4, 1991  zuwa 1994, wanda Amaka Igwe ya kirkira kuma Lever Brothers Nigeria ya tallafawa. Ya fito da Ego Nnamani, Francis Agu, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Mildred Iweka, Kunle Bamtefa, da Richard Mofe Damijo  An kafa shi a Legas, labarin yana mai da hankali kan dangin Haatrope, abokan gaba da suka ƙaddara su lalata kasuwancin su da gado, da abokansu da abokan hulɗa. Ana ganin Checkmate a cikin ƙididdigar buɗewa na wasan kwaikwayon, inda Faya sarki mai kunnawa ya kai hari kai tsaye ta hannun abokin hamayyarsa, yana sa tserewa ba zai yiwu ba.

Taken buɗewa da ƙarewar wasan kwaikwayon shine babban jigon Ron Goodwin na fim din yaƙi na 1964 *633 Squadron*,   kuma babban hali - Ann Haatrope - ya dogara ne akan Sarauniya Amina ta Zaria. 

## Makirci
Ann Haatrope (Ego Nnamani, da kuma Yomi Davies) ta koma Legas daga Amurka tare da ɗan'uwanta Richie (Bob-Manuel Udokwu) don gano kayan aikin iyali da kamfanin saka hannun jari, Haatrope Investment, yana kan iyakar rushewa saboda rashin iyawar ɗan'uwan Benny (Francis Agu) wanda ya haifar da maye da gurbin. Benny kuma yana da tashin hankali ga matarsa, Tonye (Edyth-Jane Azu) wanda ba ya amincewa da 'yan uwan mijinta da ke zaune a ƙarƙashin rufin su, kuma yana da ban tsoro musamman ga Nana Kofo (Ruth Osu), tsohuwar mai kula da gida Dan Ghana wacce ta yi wa iyalin hidima shekaru da yawa. Tare da mahaifinsu Richard Sr. wanda ke fama da rashin lafiya a Amurka kuma Richie ba shi da kwarewa, Ann ta ƙuduri aniyar dawo da sunan kamfanin da kuma yaki da gasa daga abokan hamayya masu makirci, musamman ma Segun Kadiri (Richard Mofe-Damijo) wanda ke da dogon fushi ga Haatropes. Ya zarge su da saukowa cikin talauci na yara bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, kuma ya rantse da fansa.

Abokin Ann mafi kyau, mai banki Ada Okereke (Mildred Iweka), ya auri malamin makaranta Nduka (Bimbo Manual), amma ma'auratan suna fuskantar matsaloli da yawa ciki har da bambancin aji (Ada 'yar iyaye ne masu arziki yayin da Nduka ta fito ne daga asalin mafi ƙasƙanci), kishi na Nduka, da rashin iya ɗaukar ciki na Ada. Daga baya aka bayyana Ada a matsayin osu wanda ya fusata mahaifiyar Nduka (Obiageli Molube) wacce ta ki karɓar 'marar taɓa' a matsayin surukarta, *ku* tana kan aikin raba ma'auratan. Nkemji (Uche Mobuogwu), wata matashiya mara kyau daga ƙauyen abokiyar iyali Peace Fuji, an kawo ta cikin gidan ɗanta a matsayin sabon matarsa amma Nduka, wanda daga baya zai yi aiki ga Haatrope Investment, ya ƙi ta saboda yana ƙaunar matarsa sosai. Nduka kuma yana kishi da abota tsakanin matarsa da tsohon saurayinta na jami'a Kunle Ajayi (Paul Adams), ma'aikacin Haatrope Investment tare da ƙaunar da ba a biya shi ba ga shugabansa Ann.

Babban  mai suna Cif Fuji (Kunle Bamtefa), memba ne na kwamitin Haatrope Investment kuma babban aboki na Segun, shine shugaban dangin da ba su da kyau wanda ya ƙunshi yara da yawa da matansa biyu masu yaƙi Mama Moji (Toun Oni) da Peace (Pauline Njoku). Fuji ya nuna matsayinsa a matsayin mai arziki mai auren mata da yawa, amma ya guje wa alhakin kudi ga 'ya'yansa ga bakin ciki ga matansa, masoya, da budurwarsa ciki har da 'yar mai haya mai amfani da wuka Alika (Victor Eze). Ba a taimaka wa halin da ake ciki ba lokacin da Fuji ta auri Ireti (Sola Onayiga), mai horar da abinci wanda ya zo ƙarƙashin wuta daga sauran dangin Fuji don abincin da ya dace wanda bai dace da dandano mai sauƙi na iyali ba. Mai munafunci Fuji ya ci gaba da yin mata amma ya kasance mai tsauri tare da 'ya'yansa waɗanda aka hana su barin gidan ba tare da izini ko soyayya ba.

Malamin jami'a Litinin Edem (Zulu Adigwe kuma daga baya Norbert Young), sananne ne saboda barci tare da ɗalibansa mata don musayar manyan maki, amma yana ci gaba da musanta zarge-zarge lokacin da aka fuskanci shi. Matarsa mai wahala mai tsawo Eno (Tammy Abusi) ta ci gaba da tallafa masa, amma ta kara takaici. Ɗansu Akpan (Tunde Euba), aboki mafi kyau na Richie tun daga makarantar sakandare, dalibi ne a jami'ar kuma yana jin kunyar ayyukan mahaifinsa kuma ya gaji da kare shi. Ba da daɗewa ba Akpan ya sami kansa a tsakiyar tsananin kishi tsakanin manyan ƙungiyoyin asiri guda biyu na ma'aikatar bayan ya nuna sha'awar Remi (Yetunde Olorunfunmi), budurwa mai jinkirin memba mai suna Banky (Kevin Ushi). Tare da mahaifinsa da dansa suna fuskantar fushin abokan gaba a harabar, lafiyar iyalin Edem koyaushe tana fuskantar barazana - an yi wa ɗan'uwansa wuka, an kusan yi wa 'yar'uwarsa fyade, kuma rikici tare da ƙungiyar Banky kusan ya kashe Akpan idanunsa. Daga baya ya shiga ƙungiyar adawa ta The Jets, kuma isowar wani dangi mai ban mamaki da aka yi imanin cewa ita ce 'yar farfesa ta sirri ya jefa Edems cikin rikici.

## Masu ba da labari

* Ego Boyo">Ego Nnamani (daga baya aka ba da lambar yabo a matsayin Ego Boyo) - Ann Haatrope # 1
* Yomi Davies - Ann Haatrope # 2
* Francis Agu - Benebo 'Benny' Haatrope
* Bob-Manuel Udokwu - Richard 'Richie' Haatrope
* Edyth-Jane Azu - Tonye Haatrope
* Ruth Osu - Nana Kofo
* Richard Mofe Damijo - Segun Kadiri
* Kanayo O. Kanayo - Okosun
* Mildred Iweka - Adaobi 'Ada' Okereke
* Bimbo Manual - Nduka Okereke
* Obiageli Molobe - 'Mama Nduka' Okereke
* Uche Mac-Auley (an san shi da *Uche Mobuogwu*) - Nkemji Okereke
* Kunle Bamtefa - Cif Tajudeen 'T.A.' Fuji
* Toun Oni - 'Iya Moji' Fuji
* Pauline Njoku - Zaman Lafiya Fuji
* Sola Onayiga - Ireti Fuji
* Jude Orhorha - Gbenro Fuji
* John Njamah - Rabiu Fuji
* Gloriana Nwankwo - Jumoke Fuji
* Zulu Adigwe - Litinin Edem # 1
* Norbert Young - Litinin Edem #2
* Tammy Abusi - Eno Edem
* Tunde Euba - Akpan Edem 
* Paul Adams - Kunle Ajayi
* Anne Njemanze - Temi Badmus
* Binta Ayo Mogaji
* Chukwudi Onu
* Nkem Owoh
* Ayo Adesanya
* Alex Usifo

## Kyauta
An yaba da Checkmate a matsayin wani ɓangare na "zamanin zinariya na talabijin a Najeriya", kafin bunkasa bidiyon gida na Nollywood na tsakiyar shekarun 1990s. Da yawa daga cikin wadannan tsofaffi suna da alaƙa da wannan kuma sun ci gaba da samun nasara a zamanin fim.

A shekara ta 2001, kusan shekaru bakwai bayan jerin sun ƙare, Checkmate ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Najeriya don samar da wani labari - Fuji House of Commotion - sitcom da ke kewaye da dangin Cif Fuji.

## Manazarta