Richard Ekwensi

Richard Ekwensi
In-Game Information
Gender:	Male
Nationality:	Ugandan 🇺🇬 / French 🇫🇷
Status:	Deceased
Age:	Mid 60s
Occupation(s):	Dictator (formerly)
Relations:	Inez Ekwensi (Wife, deceased) Adeze Oijofor (Alliance partner, deceased) Jean-Pierre Delanoix (Business partner) Pertti Järnefelt (Bookkeeper, deceased) Crystal Dawn (Enemy) Providence (Business partner; Mentioned)
Signature Weapon(s):	N/A
Real-World Information
Appearances:	HITMAN™ HITMAN™ III
Voice Actor:	Alec Newman

Richard Ekwensi (also known as "The Ex-Dictator") is an Elusive Target in the HITMAN™ mission Club 27. Richard appeared alongside his wife Inez Ekwensi.

Briefing

"Richard Ekwensi is a dictator in exile. Educated in France as part of the nation's continuing post-colonial links, he became increasingly paranoid after taking up the reigns of power from his father. This culminated in a bloody massacre in the Kanhar Valley where French military equipment was used against civilians.

International opinion turned firmly against the Ekwensi regime, and he was removed from power in a short but decisive military campaign executed by a joint Chinese/NATO military force. The caretaker government appears stable, but the target no doubt entertains ambitions of a return to the presidential palace."

― In-Game Briefing

Routes

Richard Ekwensi can be seen having a meeting with Jean-Pierre Delanoix of the French West African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a cover for the General Intelligence Agency.

Richard will frequently have an argument with a waiter over him and Inez having their meals delayed yet will inevitably end up ordering a different dish. One of his dialogue pieces states how he feels like he's repeating himself.

Adeze Oijofor receives a phone call from him in her mission. She was supposed to meet him at the hotel, but he was unable to meet her deadline as he is currently staying in London with Inez. Richard also alludes to this in a phone call during his mission, where he (correctly) guesses that Adeze was assassinated to lure him out, believing her death was carried out by the same assassin who killed Viktor Novikov and Dalia Margolis.

Appearance

Richard Ekwensi appears to be based off Mobutu Seke Seko, dictator of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). This is strengthened by the fact Richard wears a leopard-print toque and glasses, which Mobutu was famous for wearing.

Gallery

HITMAN Elusive Target Briefing 13 The Ex-Dictator Richard Ekwensi

Richard and Inez Ekwensi in the August 2022 Roadmap

Simon Lindwall's Art of Richard Ekwensi

Richard Ekwensi talking on his phone on a balcony

Richard and Inez Ekwensi sitting down before entering the dining area

Richard Ekwensi talking to Adeze Oijofor in the mission briefing

Trivia

• In The Showstopper, a phone conversation with Mabaya Mzabuni can be overheard wherein he says Richard will "pay" for his crimes. Given Crystal Dawn's status as a liberation group, it's likely they opposed Richard's former government.
• Richard is one of the three Elusive Targets with a "Richard" on their name, along with Richard J. Magee and Richard M. Foreman.
• In A Gilded Cage, one of Reza Zaydan's lieutenants found in the consulate parking lot states that he previously did security work for Richard.
• In The Farewell, a winery guest near the dance floor who identifies himself as a former U.S. Secretary of State discusses having aided his rise to power at the behest of Providence in order to get access to his country's valuable rhodium mines.
• Also in The Farewell, Tamara Vidal correctly guesses that Agent 47 was the one to kill Richard in Bangkok.