Veteran actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, is dead. He was 66.
Elebuwa passed on on Tuesday after being bedridden for months in India
where he was receiving treatment.
The Delta State-born actor, whose first movie role was in Sanya
Dosunmu’s 1974 celluloid film, Dinner with the Devil, was hit by a
strange ailment sometime last year, resulting in stroke.
He was first treated at St. Luke’s Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, but was
later moved to St. Topaz Hospital, Surulere Lagos. He received
assistance from the Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Lagos State
Governor Babatunde Fashola and Delta State Commissioner for Information,
Richard Mofe-Damijo, who is also an actor.
The deceased was one of the pathfinders in the Nigerian movie
industry with about 125 movies to his credit. Among them are Abuja Top
Ladies, Queen of Hasso Rock, The Corridors of Power, Extra Time, True
Love, Squad Twenty-Three, Separate Lives, Dons in Abuja, Expensive Game,
Bumper to Bumper, Mortal Sin, Together as One, the highly-rated 1999
blockbuster Domitilla and a host of others.
Though known for delivering roles on the television, the actor’s
journey as an entertainer began on the music scene. As a musician, he
led the band of veteran highlife artiste, Victor Olaiya, during the
Nigerian Civil War.
He also performed with the Steve Rhodes Voices. He played the role of
a police officer in the rested popular soap, Village Headmaster.
He was the lead character in a television commercial in the 80s that
discouraged Nigerians from fleeing abroad for greener pastures. He
earned the sobriquet, Andrew, for his role in the commercial. Governor
Uduaghan has commiserated with the Elebuwa family and the entertainment
industry on the death of the popular actor.
He described his death as “painful and saddening.”
Uduaghan, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sunny
Ogefere, said he was shocked that the efforts made by well-meaning
Nigerians to save his life did not yield result.
He prayed God Almighty to grant the family, Nigerians and his
colleagues in the entertainment industry the fortitude to bear the loss.
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