Nollywood Filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah Pass Away

Nollywood has been hit with the demise of veteran filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah on Saturday ahead of a scheduled surgery on Monday.

According to Shaibu Husseini on behalf of the Chairman of the National Film Vendors and Censors Board, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, the filmmaker died around 1pm. He said;

“I have the permission of the Chair of the Chief Eddie Ugbomah Medical Fund Committee Alhaji Adedayo Thomas (DG, NFVCB) to break the news of the passage into eternity of the Veteran Filmmaker Chief Eddie Ugbomah, OON.

“The veteran filmmaker died an hour ago at the hospital where he was scheduled to undergo a surgery on Monday.

“Sad, but we totally submit to the Almighty,” Shaibu Husseini said.

The filmmaker is known for the  production of films such as the Rise and Fall of Oyenusi in 1979, The Boy is Good and Apalara, a film about the life and murder of Alfa Apalara in Oko Awo, Lagos.

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