Veteran Nollywood actress, Ethel Ekpe Dies of Cancer
Veteran Nigerian actress, Ethel Ekpe, who recently starred in a movie, ‘sons of Caliphate’, died of cancer on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, in Lagos State.
The late actress played the role of ‘Segi’ in the defunct sitcom on Nigerian Television Authority by Ken Saro Wiwa titled ‘Basi and Company.’
She featured in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and the ‘Sons of the Caliphate.’
Announcing the news of her death, the Director-General, National Film and Video Censors Board, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, posted on Facebook saying:
“I have been reliably informed that Ethel Ekpe, (Ethel Aderemi nee Ekpe), the screen beauty that delighted fans with her inimitable interpretation of the role of Segi in the defunct sitcom on Nigerian Television Authority by Ken Saro Wiwa titled ‘Basi and Company’ has passed on.
“The actress and later day Pastor and star of Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and most recently ‘Sons of the Caliphate” reportedly died of Cancer today in Lagos.”
“She will be sorely missed,” adding that her family “will particularly miss her because we named my second daughter Ethel, after her. Good night good woman!”
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