Masked is a crime thriller. It follows the story of a young man, Chinyeaka, who goes in search of his younger brother, Egenti. Egenti went missing before the outbreak of a scourge, and his family believes that he was kidnapped by unknown bandits. The government has imposed a lockdown throughout the country to contain the spread of the deadly virus, and so Chinyeaka and his family wait in apprehension for the lockdown to be eased. 
When the government finally eases the lockdown, subject to the observance of all the protocols put in place to contain the spread of the deadly virus, Chinyeaka embarks on the search again.
At Nkpor Market, there is chaos as people raise alarm over a criminal who is running in Chinyeaka's direction. Irked by the incessant banditry and the fact that his brother is nowhere to be found, he picks a rod nearby and hits the fleeing criminal on the head. Tearing the mask off the criminal's face, he is shocked to discover that he has killed his brother.