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Posted By Udokabestluv On April 20th, 2026

Popular special effect artist, Onilogbo Hakeem aka Hakeem Effect has opened up on how his journey as a special effects artist started in his dream.

Hakeem, who is regarded as Nollywood’s leading special effects artist, revealed that the skill was passed on to him in his dream on several occasions till he became an expert.

He made this known during a recent online podcast where he was a guest.

“I had a dream where someone held my shoulder and asked me to follow him. I looked up to see who it was, but couldn’t see the face because he was tall and white. That was how the journey started,” he said.

“He asked me, what talent do you have? and I said I could draw, and then he said, if you can follow me, I will announce you to the world. Along the line, I joined the chorister and then a drama group where I was appointed to provide special effects even though I didn’t know what it means then. While I was thinking of how to go about it, I had the dream again where the said man told me how I would achieve the special effect and it was exactly as he told me in the dream.”

He also mentioned the late Nollywood actor and producer, Murphy Afolabi, as the one who nicknamed him Hakeem Effect.