Mr. Eko was portrayed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the series Lost. Mr. Eko grew up in a small Nigerian village with his younger brother, Yemi. He was very protective of his Yemi and would often steal food in order to satisfy Yemis’ hunger. Despite receiving punishment and being made to confess in the village church, Mr. Eko hardly felt guilty for stealing because he would do it to help his brother.

When guerillas came and ransacked their village, they ordered Yemi to kill one of the older men in the community. Yemi could not do it, and in the attempt to save his brother from also being killed, Mr. Eko stepped in and shot, with no hesitation, the older man. The leader of the guerilla group, impressed by Mr. Eko’s quick response and guiltless killing, decided to take Mr. Eko with them. Eventually, Mr. Eko assumed leadership of the guerilla groups, and as the head of the operations, planned to smuggle heroin out of the country. He went back to his old village and contacted Yemi, who was now the priest of the church. In exchange for money, Mr. Eko asked Yemi for a number of Virgin Mary statues, wherein he planned to keep the drugs. After Yemi refused, he threatened to burn down the church, consequently leaving Yemi with no choice but to cooperate with Mr. Eko.

Disguised as priests, Mr. Eko and his men was supposed to depart with the heroin on an airplane when they were suddenly ambushed by the military. Yemi, who had followed his brother in the hopes of changing his mind, was caught in the cross-fire that ensued. Mr. Eko put the wounded Yemi onto the plane, but as he was getting ready to board, the other guerillas pushed him off. He then was accompanied back to the village because the garments that Mr. Eko was wearing led them to believe that he was the new priest.

Deciding to change his way of life, Mr. Eko assumed the role of the village priest, but later on got into trouble after he killed three guerillas who were trying to blackmail him into surrendering a large percentage of the village’s vaccine. His actions were enough to anger the village people, and in the end, he felt compelled to leave his birthplace while carrying the guilt of Yemi’s apparent death.

Mr. Eko eventually ended up in a church in Australia, where he was known as “Father Tunde.” It was there that he obtained his US visa and encountered Richard and Charlotte Malkin. Mr. Eko boarded Oceanic 815 on his way to Los Angeles.

Upon surviving the crash, Mr. Eko and the rest of the survivors who had been on the tail section of the plane were attacked by the Others. His strength and experience led him to kill two of the attackers, but instead of feeling relieved, Mr. Eko took a vow of silence for 40 days to appease his guilt. He eventually crossed paths with the survivors from the middle section of the plane, and later on found out that Charlie Pace was in possession of the Virgin Mary statues. He asked Charlie to take him to the place where he found the Virgin Mary statues, and as Mr. Eko was searching through the jungle, the smoke monster appeared to him. Although Mr. Eko was able to evade the monster the first time and, in the process, found the lifeless body of Yemi, he eventually met his demise in the clutches of the smoke monster after visions of Yemi and his past began haunting him.

Before his death, Mr. Eko continued to offer his priestly services to the other survivors. For one, he baptized Claire Littleton’s baby, Aaron, who had been born on the island. In addition, he and Charlie planned to build a church, but Mr. Eko abandoned the project midway through its’ construction.



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