The Gbagaun Police have been busy with some serious detective work and we are putting up the mugshot of a goofing culprit today. Guess who we caught dropping an advert, trying so hard to make it funny but ending up with several GOOOFFFFFS? Bovi in the new diamond bank advert.

You may have caught it on TV but incase you haven't, continue to watch it below.

If I had to ring a bell for the gbagauns in this advert, y’all be having an headache when you are done reading.

The bank down the road, by the……? Yeah right. The question should have been; the Bovi diamond advert, on the……?

Let’s get straight to the story and the plenty goofing.

THE STORY.

A man is about to make payment in a store using his cheque book. The cashier or a friend(I am not sure of his role) asks him to go ahead and write the cheque. The man complains about the bank charges for the cheque service. Bovi comes in and asks if it is the bank down the road, by the….. The man and cashier/friend replies that he is correct. Bovi introduces them to Diamond Bank as a better option that will give them better services. Bovi brings out the bank’s cheque book and drops it with them. Bovi walks off.

The next scene shows a woman seated in a restaurant and on a phone call. She is complaining about her inability to get a loan from her bank. Bovi serves her food and sits opposite her. She is startled by him. He asks if it is the bank down the road, by the….. She replies affirming with a nod. He introduces her to Diamond bank as a bank where granting of loans is simple. He gives her the bank’s envelope and leaves.

Final scene shows Bovi pretending to be an office cleaner dressed in suit. He sneaks into a worker’s office. The man closes his laptop after an unsuccessful attempt to do an online banking transaction. Bovi is seated opposite him. The man is startled by his presence. Again, Bovi asks if it is the bank down the road, by the…… The man also confirms his guess. He introduces him to Diamond bank by saying if he cannot bank anywhere, anytime, he need a new bank. He then hands over his(Bovi’s) ATM to the man. Bovi leaves.

Advert Ends.

THE GBAGAUNS.

Oh my God. If only Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon can help with some grammatical huhu haha to dissect the tabon tabon of this advert infinitum? LOL.

Who wrote this script? Who directed this piece? I am sorry. In as much as I understand they wanted to take advantage of the humour a comedian like Bovi brings to the table, they should at least write a script that can be defended as coherent and realistic. Other than that, why not just make your work purely fictional like indomitables. If you want your advert to reflect every day living, then it has to make every day sense. Not when you are trying to put other banks below your as per rating should you goof like this.

I am sure by now, some of our dear readers would have picked out the goofs and gbagauns but let me highlight a few.

Gbagaun 1
Bovi was wearing three different outfits in three different locations. This signifies that each scene was probably different days at different neighborhoods. How come the bank remained down the road, by the………..? Did the bank keep moving to every road he went? Or did he keep coming back to the same road daily to haunt the same bank, same branch?

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http://thegbagaunpolice..com/2014/07/bovis-diamond-bank-advert-busted-by.html

Funny advert but the OP makes some sense. Several Naija writers and directors especially music video directors just spit out crap, flashing lights everywhere with no storyline, no depth and many flaws.

When u say 'gbagaun' is it not wrong english that you are talking about? Where is the gnagaun na? The bank down the road by the.... Op where is the gbagaun exactly?

Gbagaun was used in the context of the article to represent errors made in creative works. Or better still using your terms as in this case, wrong scripting/directing.

Op u just dey worry urself for nothing! We didn't notice it.

Worry myself ke? You asked a question and i replied you with the answer. There were errors in the production. The article exposed and analyzed them. If they were easily noticeable, there wont be a purpose to the article. Good morning.

floragregs: Op u just dey worry urself for nothing! We didn't notice it.

e jus fled me up o,

icebebe: e jus fled me up o,

You will have to write the blog author niyen o.LOL.

saltoftheearth:

You will have to write the blog author niyen o.LOL.

no b lie

D bank down d road shows d bank is virtualy evrywhr.whc if true,is comendable

The bank they were complaining about was down the road and not Diamond.