Nollywood Mourns as Actress Nkechi Nweje Passes On After Illness

• Before his post, there were already online reports about her passing.

• He called Nweje his best friend and stated that she had died after a brief illness.

The Nigerian movie industry, known as Nollywood, is grieving the loss of actress Nkechi Nweje, confirmed by producer Stanley Ontop on Friday, March 21.

Reports of her death had already surfaced online before his announcement.

Stanley mentioned that he had known about her passing for several hours but found it difficult to come to terms with it, feeling as if it were a dream.

He described Nweje as his best friend and revealed that she passed away after a short illness.

He also mentioned that their last conversation occurred during a social media exchange involving Queeneth Hilbert and actress Destiny Etiko.

Sharing pictures of Nkechi Nweje on his page, Stanley Ontop wrote, “Nollywood in tears as we lost one of our vibrant Nollywood actress @nkechi.nweje After a brief illness. Couldn’t post since morning because it was like a dream to me. Ezigbo Nwanyi Onitsha Rest in peace ma’am, my best friend, she always call me on phone advising me. The last time we spoke was during Queenth saga, she said Ontop stop. Am still speechless.”

See some of the reactions trailing the post below:

akuomaumejiaku reacted: “This can’t be true jesus christ.”

cynthiaoseyem said: “Jesus Christ what this sweet woman.”

lovemedee6 reacted: “Omgg whattttt is is soooooo unbelievably seriously my lord no she’s one of the sweetest people omg.”

joansportsbliss wrote: “She was preparing for birthday. Oooh my God.”

ihemenancy said: “Whatttt Jesus.”

destinyetikoofficial commented: “How is this possible Pls be sure o @stanley_ontop.”

chizzyalichi reacted: “Mbanu, how??????”

chiefloloodiofu said: “Jesus what? Noooooo, this world is something else. Unbelievable.”