Nigerian veteran actress Cynthia Okereke is dead, a year after being kidnapped by unknown gang.
Announcing the unfortunate incident on Wednesday in an Instagram post, popular actor and filmmaker, Joseph Okechukwu, stated that Okereke died on Tuesday evening.
Sharing the actress’s picture, Okechukwu said he was about to pay for Cynthia’s flight ticket to come to America before her death.
Okechukwu said below:
“REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come finish what we started only to here you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to deal with in recent times. I pray I’m able to recover from this shock. Life is really just a mist. One minute you have it, the next you don’t.
“For the more than 20 years that I’ve known you, you’ve been such an amazing, decent and lovely soul to be around. I never imagined you’d exit so unceremoniously. Words fail me… Sleep on, Cynthia. May your gentle soul rest on till we meet again in glory,” he wrote.
The late actress, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were said to have abducted in 2022 whiles traveling to and from a filming location in Enugu State, Nigeria.
The announcement was made by actor Monalisa Chinda, who also serves as the Director of Communications for the Actors Guild of Nigeria.
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She said that after the actors’ families verified that they hadn’t returned from the shoot, the actors were listed as missing. They were eventually freed, though, after a few days with the underworld’s men.
Okereke has appeared in more than 50 Nigerian movies, including Osuofia in London (2003), A Fool at 40 (2004), Uncle Oyibo, Hidden Tears, Sound of Love, Coronation, and Second Burial.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s family has yet to issue an official statement regarding the death of their loved one.
SOURCE: www.hellovybes.com
