The Late Amaka Igwe’s husband, Mr Charles Igwe, has revealed that the Late film-maker while receiving delegates from the National Executive of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) who paid him a condolence visit.
“We were in Enugu preparing for her new soap, and Amaka was taking some of the people through acting when she had an asthma attack. After using her inhaler without success, she was taken to a nearby hospital, but we were told that the doctor was not around.
We then went to the teaching hospital in Enugu, where we were again told that the Doctors were on strike. It was while we were taking her to another hospital that she died.”
What a sad loss. Amaka Igwe died on April 28th and is survived by her husband, three children and her mum. She was an accomplished writer, producer, director, entrepreneur and teacher. She was the brain behind popular TV soap 'Checkmate' and 'Fuji House of Commotion' as well movies like RattleSnake and Violated .She was 51.May she rest in peace.
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