Mixed Reactions Trail Deaths In Nollywood

By Akinwale Kasali

Few hours after the news of the death of Tinsel star, Victor Olaotan, another Nollywood actor and pioneer member of the Board of Directors of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Prince Ifeanyi Dike, died after long battle with Kidney failure.

The Imo State born-actor had been battling with kidney failure for years until former Governor Babatunde Fashola came to his aid; leading to a surgery in India.

Though the surgery was successful,  his life was never the same until he passed on Friday.

This is a heavy blow to the Nollywood industry which is yet to come to terms with the many deaths it has experienced recently.

Reactions have  trailed the deaths in the Make-believe industry, with some people calling for a spiritual cleansing of the industry, while calling on the actors to have a well planned good lifestyle.

For Femi Oluwatosin, a lover of the industry, he believes that the poor and wayward lifestyle of the actors are  the problems they are battling with, leading to their early and sudden demise.

“They don’t take care of themselves. I doubt if there is any healthcare insurance or facilities in place for them. This is the major problem.

“Some of them live wayward lifestyle. They drink, smoke and do drugs indiscriminately leading to them having all these ailment. To avert such occurrences, all this aforementioned need to be put in place”.

For Chinelo Uchegbulam, she is of the opinion that the industry needs to move closer to God and choose a day they will all come together and have a National day of prayer.

“This is so sad. Seven deaths within a month is strange. They need spiritual cleansing in the industry. The type of films they do unravel and expose occultic kingdoms, which will in turn affect them. They need to pray fervently and move closer to God.

Michael Akeju, a Presenter and Stand Up Comedian says that it is glaring that evil forces are trying to disorganize the industry with deaths and put fear into the minds of the actors.

He said the industry needs prayers from all Nigerians because their movies have impacted our lives positively in one way or the other, stressing that the insult needs prayers from all quarters.

“This industry needs prayers. This one death too many”, he said.