Veteran Actress, Cynthia Okereke is dead

Veteran Nollywood actress Cynthia Okereke is dead. The news was shared by actor and filmmaker Joseph Okechukwu in an Instagram post, stating that Okereke passed away on Tuesday evening.

Okechukwu also revealed that he had been planning to purchase Cynthia’s flight ticket for her visit to America shortly before her untimely demise.

He wrote: “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words.

“The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come and finish what we started only to hear you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I’ve had to deal with in recent times.

“I pray I’m able to recover from the shock. Life is really just a mist. One minute you have it, the next you don’t.

“For the more than 20 years that I’ve known you, you’ve been such an amazing, decent and lovely soul to be around. Words fail me. May your gentle soul rest on till we meet again in glory. #CynthiaOkereke.”