Tears As Nollywood Actress, Ada Ameh Is Buried

By Akinwale Kasali

The quiet town of Ogobia, Otukpo Local Government Area in Benue State, was  enveloped by sadness, as one of their daughters who brought them to the global space was buried.

Veteran Nollywood Actress, Ada Ameh, who slumped and died in July, in Warri, Delta State, was finally laid to rest on Friday.

The 48-year old Actress who had complained of depression was buried amidst tears, as her  colleague and best friend, Empress Njamah was distraught when she was lowered to the grave.

Another of late Ameh’s colleague in the MultiChoice Television Sitcom, ‘The Johnsons’, Charles Inojie, who played the role of  Mr. Johnson whose wife Ameh waa in the series shared a video of him  carrying the deceased’s casket arriving her hometown on Friday. Hw captioned the video, “It’s a wrap for Ada Ameh. There lies a chip of us, deadpan and ice-frozen. There lies a broken heritage, wrapped in a funeral encasement, in that air-tight wooden bed is our naked truth.”

The late Ameh Ameh was born on the 15th of May 1974 in the Ajegunle area of Lagos. Raised in Lagos, the actress underwent primary and secondary schools in the state but quit school at 14.

In 1995, the late Ameh officially became part of the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, and received her first movie role in 1996 when she played the character Anita in the movie “Domitila”, a movie that eventually became a successful and solid project.

Ameh also featured in the Nigerian Tv series titled The Johnsons, which also became a successful project that received awards.

She has also featured in other movies, including, “Oloture”, “Our Husband”, “King Of Shitta”, “Ghana Must Go”, “A Million Baby”, “My Village People”, etc.

She will be sorely missed in the industry for her good interpretation of roles.