Bucci Franklin won the Best Supporting Actor category at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards on Saturday, May 9, 2026, taking the prize for his performance in To Kill a Monkey.
The victory was confirmed during the AMVCA 2026 ceremony in Lagos and was reflected in live reporting from the event. Channels Television had listed Franklin as a nominee for To Kill A Monkey before marking him as the winner in its live updates. A separate report from Saturday Telegraph said Franklin’s performance in the series movie earned him the award.
The Best Supporting Actor field that Franklin won included nominees from The Yard, Gingerrr, Red Circle, Colours Of Fire, King Of Thieves 2, Owambe Thieves and Behind The Scenes, underscoring a crowded category drawn from several productions across the ceremony.
The AMVCA night in Lagos also produced other confirmed results: Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman won Best Supporting Actress for The Herd, and live updates from the event listed Uzor Arukwe as the winner for Colours of Fire in a separate category. The live coverage showed the awards were still ongoing as winners were posted, a detail visible in contemporaneous reporting.
Context for the awards night is straightforward: the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards celebrate achievements in African film and television, and the Best Supporting Actor category draws nominees from multiple productions each year. This year’s mix of titles placed Franklin against performances from both established franchises and newer projects.
The coverage pattern introduced a friction point: live winner lists and real-time updates appeared while the ceremony was still under way. That sequencing meant some outlets were marking nominees and then winners as the event proceeded, a reality noted in the live updates that first listed Franklin as a contender and then recorded him as the victor.
For Franklin, the result is now part of the official record of AMVCA 2026. The ceremony in Lagos on Saturday, May 9, 2026, produced his win in Best Supporting Actor for To Kill a Monkey, a result reported both in live updates and by the Saturday Telegraph.
