Nollywood stars and netizens are reacting to the video of Alex Ekubo’s casket arriving at his father’s compound.
Ahead of his burial, the actor’s body has arrived at his father’s compound at Arochukwu, Abia State.
In clips that made the rounds online, family, friends, industry colleagues, and community members gathered to say their goodbyes to him one last time.
The video of his casket being pulled out of a car has left many emotional.
Nkechi Blessing wrote, “Kai
Adaora Ukoh wrote, “Oh, death, why the sting?
Paschaline Alex wrote, “Chim ooo.
Queeneth Hilbert wrote, “Kai, this life absolutely nothing inside
Iheme Nancy wrote, “Omo eh, like okay like okay
One chibaby007 wrote, “I can’t even stand watching it, like it’s too much for me
One de_macphancy wrote, “I really need to go offline tomorrow. My heart can’t take all this online
One Judith Chisaram wrote, “You see this life, nothing in it. Absolutely nothing
One ugegbe_oyib0 wrote, “Jesus
One akujobimimi wrote, “This life, eh, God
One ujuhillsofficial wrote, “Oh Lord”.
Refreshing your memory, news broke out last month that the light-skinned actor had passed away on Monday, May 11th, after a battle with Cancer and was 40 years old.
In a heartbreaking statement, his family announced that the actor had passed away after a brief but courageous battle. According to the statement, he passed away at Evercare Hospital due to complications arising from advanced metastatic kidney cancer.
On Wednesday, June 10th, a Service of Songs was held for the actor at the Monarch Event Centre, Lekki. As expected, many celebrities attended the event to honour the late actor.
The likes of Nancy Isime, IK Ogbonna, Yomi Casual, Ayo Makun, Ini Edo, Omoni Oboli, Ruth Kadiri, Kate Henshaw, Ebuka Obi Uchendu, Mbong Amata, Stan Nze and his wife, Blessing Obasi, Nkechi Blessing, Bambam, Funny Bone, Uti Nwachukwu, Chigul and more were in attendance.
At the Service of Songs, Pastor Ighodalo had prayed for the actor’s wife, and also praised her strength. Using himself as a case study, he reflected on his grief, saying he understands how deeply it is to lose a spouse. He noted how he lost his wife six years ago and has been dealing with it.
His wife’s sister, while paying tribute to Alex, revealed that the family was very particular about the man their sister ended up with, as she is a special breed. She said she knew he was the one when he came forth for her sister’s hand in marriage.
Last year, netizens expressed concern about Alex’s absence on social media. The light-skinned actor hasn’t been active on Instagram since 2024.
Speaking up for him, Oma Nnadi had addressed those sending her messages about him. Oma told them to stop looking for Alex as he is healthy, well and fine. She noted how everyone must not be on social media.
The talented actor was later spotted in a video with some kids.
In 2023, during the wake of talented Nigerian singer Mohbad’s death, Alex shared a deep message about the irony of life. He noted how people cry for the dead yet keep malice with the living. He pointed out how we envy the successful and avoid the broke (poor) ones.
Also, during Junior Pope’s death, Ekubo wrote a heartfelt note, praying that we be surrounded by people with wisdom and human sympathy in our helpless moments and not those who are more interested in creating content out of one’s situation.
