Another Nigerian Actress Dies Of Cancer (Photo)

After the death of actor Adebayo Adeseko who Committed suicide after killing his girlfriend on Sunday in Lagos, another actress, Ethel Ekpe, who adorned the Nigerian entertainment screen, died of cancer on Wednesday in Lagos State.

It could be recalled that 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 also featured in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and the ‘Sons of the Caliphate.’

Announcing her demise, the Director-General, National Film and Video Censors Board, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, on his Facebook post on Wednesday, wrote, “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 his family “will particularly miss her because we named my second daughter Ethel, after her. Good night good woman!”.

Details of her burial arrangement is unknown at the press time.