Ethel Ekpe, Nollywood actress, have reportedly dead after prolonged battle with cancer in Lagos State.
Ekpe rose to prominence in the 1990s when he played ‘Segi’ in Ken Saro Wiwa’s revived sitcom ‘Basi and Company’ on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
The actress was reported to have died on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. She appeared in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and ‘Sons of the Caliphate.’
Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Director-General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, confirmed her death late Wednesday on Facebook.
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!”