Cancer Kills Veteran Actress Ethel Ekpe
The Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFCVCB), Dr Shaibu Husseini, has announced the death of Veteran Nigerian actress Ethel Aderemi, nee Ekpe.
According to the DG in a Facebook post on Wednesday night actress died of cancer on Wednesday in Lagos.
“I have been reliably informed that Ethel Ekpe, the screen beauty that delighted fans with her inimitable interpretation of the role of Segi in the defunct sitcom on Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, by Ken Saro Wiwa titled ‘Basi and Company’ has passed on.
“The actress and later day Pastor will be sorely missed. My family will particularly miss her because we named my second daughter Ethel, after her. Good night good woman,” he said.
