The making of ‘Case File’

If you make effort to climb the roof top in the neighbourhood, or have a panoramic view of your neighbourhood from a taller building, you will marvel at the many pay-TV signal dishes hanging at almost every angle.

Many hardly watch the regular television stations that used to be the toast of television addicts in the past. No matter the reason – for status, excitement or functionality, the fact remains that pay TV is in vogue despite the harsh economic realities.

But there seems to be an effort to woo back viewership of contents on local TV stations. One of such in recent times is the production of ‘Case File,’ an offshoot of Crime Fighters, Nigerian version of crime reconstruction and a programme that takes viewers to the world of men of the underworld.

Like crime reconstruction series on E!, a bouquet on pay-TV platform such as DStv and HiTv, Case File hopes to localise the idea of crime reconstruction in a very investigative manner that will intrigue, reveal, caution and as well entertain viewers. It will also instill fear in the mind of criminals and intending ones as their secrets will be made an open show.

You really cannot afford to miss out every Sunday morning on Channels Television by 8am, to see trained TV people present crime reconstruction and reporting in a different manner.

The reconstructed scenes such as the once alleged that an ex-governor of one of Nigeria’s oil-rich states disguising as a woman to beat security checks abroad, cases of father sexually molesting his teenage daughter and even son killing father to inherit his wealth, will truly intrigue and enlighten you.

Fictional crime movies as well as those based on true cases will add to the picture, while some cases, like those of gangbusters among others taken from actual police files will be more revealing and to the benefit of the viewing public.

The excitement, education and enlightenment will be unending and make the programme a must-watch on TV, especially now that Bi Communication, producer of Crime Fighters, has commissioned its ultra-modern corporate office house among other things, the Crime Fighters state-of-the-art studio where the highly localised and rich content will be produced.

At the commissioning of the corporate office, Governor Babatunde Fashiola of Lagos State commended the stride of the producer of Crime Fighters in complementing the effort of his administration in making Lagos crime free.

But the governor was most delighted with Case File, which he described as a must-watch for any security conscious person or organisation. “I think Case File is the only programme in Nigerian television history that offers a Nigerian experience of crime reconstruction seen on pay-TV platforms,” Fashiola stated while cutting the tape to commission the Bi Communication’s corporate office in Yaba, Lagos.

Throwing more light on the programme, Aisha Tosan, CEO, Bi Communication, said the various programmes were meant to beef-up content for the repackaged Crime Fighters, also celebrating its 10 years anniversary, and collaboration with relevant security agencies to make Nigeria crime free.

Apart from Case File, other four new segments of the comeback Nigeria’s ‘numero-uno’ security programme, which viewers should also watch out for on TV include – Special Focus, Briefs With The Police, Security Tit Bits, and Interviews.