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Mr Eko is a Nigerian crime boss who assumed the role of priest during a drug running operation.

Before the crash

  • According to an interview (ref) with Bryan Burk, Mr. Eko was originally named Emeka, which was changed to Eko at some point prior to Season 2.
  • As a kid, Eko shot an unarmed man at the behest of unidentified Nigerian goons. He did this to spare his brother, Yemi, from doing so. As a result, Eko was recruited into some sort of criminal militia.
  • Yemi later became a priest, while Eko started on the road to become a leader of a criminal organization. His business included drug running (primarily out of the country, so the drugs were not used by Nigerians).
  • One of the militia members called him "Mr Eko", a kind of a nickname which stuck.
  • Was originally supposed to be on the Beechcraft, which he wanted to use for his operations under the cover of a Catholic missionary flight. The Nigerian Army was called in by Yemi, who was accidentially shot (and probably killed) by the soldiers. The gold-toothed man helped drag Yemi onto the plane; however, he kicked Eko off the plane (literally) and back onto the runway, so Eko was left behind. When addressed as a priest by the soldiers, he pretended to be just that.
  • Continued pretending to be a priest, and was called "Father Tunde", a possible alias, by his monsignor in Australia.
  • Investigated whether Charlotte Malkin drowning and coming back to life was a miracle.
  • Was given a message by Charlotte from Yemi via Charlotte Malkin in the airport before boarding the plane.
  • Was in the tail section of the airplane
  • Yoruba, where he is from, was originally called Eko. (So was Lhasa, Nigeria's biggest city.)
  • Was given an Australian passport in Episode 2x21 ?, listing his name as Oduduwa Ulu with a date of issue of April 16, 2004.
  • For a brief time he served in a "small parish in England" as revealed in Three Minutes

On the island

  • Walks tall and carries a big stick (nicknamed "Jesus Stick" by Charlie)
  • Lived in the The Arrow
  • Killed two of The Others in self-defense (with a rock) during the first night on the island.
  • Took a 40-day vow of silence after the two killings.
  • Upon the discovery of the the Arrow, seemed most interested and pleased to find a Bible. The Bible contained a cutout section which held a section of film that was later spliced into the Swan orientation film.
  • Beat Sawyer over the head with a club, knocking him out, then threw him, Michael, and Jin into a pit.
  • Aided Jin's search for Michael, who ran away from the Tailies to find his son, Walt
  • Upon learning of the Virgin Mary Statues, forces Charlie to take him to the plane. Near the plane, finds the body of his gold-toothed Nigerian associate. Then, sensing something strange afoot, he tellsCharlie to climb a tree as what many believe to be The Security System approaches. Eko, motionless, stares at the black smoke while it confronts him and flashes images from his past (See gallery below). It then moves on. Locke was the only other person to fearlessly face and survive it.
  • Weeps upon finding the body of his brother in the Drug Runner Plane.
  • Baptised Claire and Aaron after claiming to be a priest in "The 23rd Psalm" (Which may or may not be true - but in Roman Catholic church anyone can perform a valid rite of baptism, but must have good intentions and do it 'in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit')
  • Was marking and cutting down trees near the beach for reasons which were unknown for several episodes. When asked why he was marking the trees, he simply responded that he liked them. It was later revealed that he is building a church, for which he has enlisted Charlie's help.
  • Knew about Henry Gale's presence in the Hatch while it was kept secret from other crash survivors.
  • Tells Henry Gale that he killed two of The Others and asks for his forgiveness.
  • Cuts two small tufts of hair off of his beard with a large knife and gives them to Henry Gale, which signifies him passing his sins of killing the two "Others". By telling someone what he has done, his sins are forgiven. It can also be argued that he told this to Henry, then used his large knife with absolute precision, to intimidate Henry with what he did, and what he was capable of doing.
  • Is guided by dreams featuring Ana-Lucia Cortez and Yemi to ask John Locke about the ? on his map. Together they discover the Pearl hatch.
  • Knew that Locke had seen Yemi in his dream so it's probable they shared the same dream.
  • Falls, or appears to fall in Locke's dream as they search for the location of the ? facility.
  • Appears to be the only Lostaway who is still wearing the same clothes he had on at the time of the crash. No one else's clothes are hanging in tatters.
  • Decides to bring back souveniers from The Pearl because he believes that the objects that he has found with John Locke are extremely important.
  • Asks John Locke if he wants to watch the Pearl Orientation Video one more time, perhaps is like the bible to him and needs clarification on the matierial so he can follow it.
    • Could possibly be creative irony, since when John watched the Swan Orientation Film for the first time, he voiced a desire to watch the film again.
  • Decides to move into The Swan presumably to push the button. Asks Charlie to bring him his belongings from the beach. He decides to quit working on the church for now.

Theories and thoughts

  • Name could also be homonym of Eco, like Umberto Eco who wrote Foucault's Pendulum which is about guys who work in a publishing house who for entertainment create alternative histories, ultimately they are caught up in the reality of their own fiction
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje came up with the idea, not the writers, to inscribe Scripture on his stick; therefore, the Scriptures 'probably aren't very significant'. (Source)
  • Could be related to Ms. Klugh
  • Could have come into contact with Charlie before the crash while he was serving in England

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On non-ABC sites

  • If you visit the website http://oceanicworldair.com you will notice Mr. Eko's name with a link attached at the bottom of the page. If you click on it it leads you to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos
  • Also, at the same website, pretend like you are booking a flight. It directs you to a chart of Oceanic flights. There is a link at the bottom concerning Oceanic Air 2009 copyright. Click on it and it will take you to an interesting picture and verse.
  • On the chart of Oceanic flights, if the airport code EKO appears, there are several different links:
  • Please note that the oceanicworldair site has been proven to be non-ABC.
  • If you visit the website http://www.oceanicworldair.com/flights.htm and click on the number 1 from the column "stops" of flight 164, you will see this image: [1]
  • If you click the lower left-most X on the previous website, you will be taken to this seating chart: http://oceanicworldair.com/Flight213_SeatingChart.htm
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