February 08, (THEWILL) – Veteran actress, Ethel Ekpe, who graced the Nigerian entertainment screen, is dead.
She died of cancer on Wednesday, 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.’
Ekpe also featured in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and the ‘Sons of the Caliphate.’
Announcing her death, the Director-General, National Film and Video Censors Board, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, in a Facebook post on Wednesday, wrote: “I have been reliably informed that Ethel Ekpe, (Ethel Aderemi nee Ekpe), the screen beauty who 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.
“I will particularly miss her because we named my second daughter, Ethel, after her. Good night, good woman.”
