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Veteran actress, Ethel Ekpe, has died after battling cancer.
The late actress, who played the role of ‘Segi’ in the defunct sitcom ‘Basi and Company’ on the Nigerian Television Authority, died in Lagos State.
In a post on X, the Director-General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, Shaibu Husseini, said the late actress will be “sorely missed”.
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. pic.twitter.com/QJEPFPieqR
— Husseini Shaibu, Ph.D (@igalaman) February 7, 2024
The late Ethel Ekpe was also featured in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Forever’ and the ‘Sons of the Caliphate’.
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