Veteran Nollywood actress, Racheal Oniga, has died at the age of 64, a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria said.
According to reports, the actress died on Friday night July 30th from Covid-19 complications.
Oniga is said to have shot some scenes in a movie at Mowe, Ogun state earlier this week before her death. Other details are still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
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Penning down a tribute to the deceased, Facebook user Olusegun Oshiyoye who described Rachel Oniga as his aunt wrote:
Rest in peace Aunty Rachel. Words cannot describe what I am feeling right now.
Our last conversation was not like this…Your memories will never be forgotten Mummy Olamiji…Continue to rest in peace.
Oniga, began her acting career in 1993, shortly after her divorce.
She was originally from Eku, Delta State.
She married a Yoruba man, but the marriage collapsed after she claimed another woman bewitched her husband and father of her children.
Among her popular works are Out of Bounds, Owo Blow, The Wedding Party, 30 Days in Atlanta, and Power of Sin.
In recognition of her contribution to Nigerian theatre, she was gifted an apartment in Ikorodu by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
