PROMINENT Nigerian singer, actress, media personality, and politician, Onyeka Owenu is dead.
She was said to have died at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the 80th birthday celebration of Dr Stella Chinyelu Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals.
An eyewitness who was at the party who confirmed the sad news to TheNiche said: “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today, and after performing, she slumped. She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it.”
Born 31st January 1952, the late singer turned politician and rights activist who was dubbed “The Elegant Stallion” by the Nigerian press, was at a time the chairperson of the Imo State Council for Arts and Culture.
In 2013, she was appointed the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development.
She will be remembered for her numerous songs, among them, “Wait for me” which she sang with Juju meastro, King Sunny Ade.
There has not been official confirmation from her family as at the time of filing this report.
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