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The family of late Nollywood Yoruba Actor, Murphy Afolabi in Osogbo, Osun, says his death is so saddening and heartbreaking to them.
Mr Yusuf Lateef, the family head of Fetuata, Afolabi’s family compound in Osogbo, said on Monday that the news of the death of the actor left everyone of them crying.
He said the information they got about Afolabi’s demise was that he collapsed in the bathroom.
He said he was rushed to the hospital thereafter, where he was pronounced dead.
He said his body was deposited at the morgue and that he would be buried later today.
“Initially we were planning to have him buried here, in Osogbo but his children insisted that he should be buried in Lagos, where he resides with his family.
“As his family in Osogbo, we have been meeting and making plans concerning his burial and we will be sending representatives to Lagos this morning. (today),” he said.
Afolabi, 49, a Yoruba actor, producer, and director, was reported to have collapsed and died in his bathroom, in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday morning