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.’
The news of her death was announced by the
Director-General, National Film and
Video Censors Board, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, in a late Facebook post on Wednesday.
Husseini 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!”
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