Star act Omotola Ekeinde’s first shot at directing a soap was a nasty experience for casts and crew.
Our source revealed

“She quarreled and abused everybody, both cast and crew that was on the set – she had no respect for anybody.”
The title of the soap is The Smoke and audition was for one long month and people were sick and tired of her frequent changes. The Smoke stars Gbenga Richards, Omotola, Larry Cole Sweat and a host of new faces.
Members of the cast complained that the production was tedious as Omotola in her wisdom shot 13 episodes of the soap in three weeks.
“Averagely we shot till 2.00a.m daily; shooting started in late February and ended in March.”

A source put her budget for the soap at over N7million. She is said to have bought an editing suite plus a camera chain for N3million. We also gathered that she bought a luxurious looking 12 sitter bus for the production. Omotola recently came into a bundle of cash from undisclosed sources.

The casts also complained that welfare was poor on set. “Omotola’s office is deep inside G.R.A, Ikeja, and people could not see where to buy food or even water and she was acting like a super bitch”.
For the production Omotola got a furniture company to give her furniture but half way through, she decided to change it.

“It was one hell of a time. I believe the soap’s title influenced her greatly. She had to live the title. She was smoking.”

Whether she carried it too far is another matter entirely.