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Tears As Nollywood Actress Iyabo Oko Dies At 62

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko is dead.

Naija News reports that daughter to the late 62-year-old shared the sad news on Wednesday.

Sharing one of her late mother’s picture, Bisi wrote: “My mum is gone.”

Yoruba actress Foluke Daramola-Salako also confirmed the actress death after replying the post with ”We finally we lost her…😭😭😭 rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best”.

It would be recalled that the 61-year-old actress was rumoured dead after battling with ill-health in September 2021.

This comes after photos of her looking frail surfaced on social media causing most of her fans to worry.

One of the veteran actress daughter disclosed that she was diagnosed with ischaemic stroke about five years ago.

But Iyabo Oko kept her health issues away from the public.

Yoruba Nollywood stars including Foluke Daramola, Iyabo Ojo, Bolaji Amusan, Mercy Aigbe and Biodun Okeowo, others assisted her financially.



Chukwuani Victoria is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist who's passionate about storytelling with years of experience in the industry. She holds a BSC in Biology and also obtained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos. She likes to read, research, hang out with her friends and play scrabbles.