By Kamsi Anayo and Alfred Lahiri
Barely a year after she was kidnapped and released by her captors, the veteran Nollywood actress Cynthia Okereke, has passed on.
Joseph Okechukwu, announced the death of the actress on Tuesday night.
According to the filmmaker, he was about to pay for Cynthia Okereke’s flight ticket to go to America but sadly, she died on Tuesday night.
“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.
Recall that the late actress and Clemson Cornel were kidnapped while returning from a movie set at Ozalla town in Enugu state on Friday, July 29, 2022.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria’s Director of Communications, Actor Monalisa Chinda, announced the kidnapping of the stars in 2022.
