Popular Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke who was kidnapped last year alongside actor Clemson Cornel, while filming in Enugu is dead.
Mr. Emma Onyemeziem, Chairman, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Delta State chapter, confirmed this sad news of her death.
According to him, the actress died Wednesday morning from an disclosed ailment .
Though the cause of her death is to be ascertained, Onyemeziem said that Cynthia Okereke had been managing herself all this while.
Also, confirming the sad news
in a post on his verified Twitter handle Joseph Okechukwu wrote, “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come to finish what we started only to hear 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.
Recall that last year, the actress was kidnapped no in Enugu alongside her colleague actor Clemson Cornel. They were later released unhurt by their abductors days after they were declared missing.
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