Veteran Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwor has openly expressed her grief at the passing of her colleague, Onyeka Onwenu.
According to reports, Reddington Hospital declared music legend Onyeka Onwenu dead after she collapsed following a performance in Lagos.
In an interview with NAN, Patience Ozokwor recalled their strong bond and described Onyeka Onwenu’s passing as both tragic and devastating.
She also voiced concerns about the rising death rate in the country, questioning the underlying causes of such a high mortality rate.
Patience Ozokwor shared that Onyeka was not just a colleague but a dear friend. She expressed her profound sadness and hurt over Onyeka’s death, particularly given that she was not known to be ill prior to her passing.
“How can everyone be dying like that, what is causing so much death? Everyone is stressed up in this country,” she lamented.