NOLLYWOOD was, on Tuesday morning, thrown into mourning, following the
news of the death of popular Yoruba actress and producer, Bisi Komolafe,
who died at the University College Hospital (UCH) in the early hours of
Tuesday.
The social media, especially Twitter and Facebook had
been awash with different reports of her death in the early hours of
Tuesday. Nigerian Tribune, however, reliably gathered that Bisi passed
on at exactly 3.00a.m. on Tuesday in the presence of her family members.
Bisi,
the Nigerian Tribune, gathered had been battling with an unconfirmed
illness that was said to have kept her in and out of hospital for more
than three months. The actress had informed some of her close friends in
the industry of her sickness and demanded that she should be taken to
Ibadan.
The ailment, according to investigations by the Nigerian
Tribune, started about three months ago when Bisi was said to have been
rushed to Ibadan from Lagos by some of her friends and family and was
said to have been recuperating in Ibadan after few days.
Some of
her colleagues who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune, disclosed that plans
were being made by some of her colleagues to raise money for her on
Tuesday when they converge on LTV 8 Ikeja for their meeting.
The
actress, who some of her colleagues described as an easy-going person,
who did not like to be noticed was said to be responding to treatment
at UCH few weeks back, but her condition relapsed two weeks ago when her
sister, Bunmi, raised the alarm about Bisi’s deteriorating health
condition.
Bisi was said to have been moved out of the hospital
three weeks ago to an undisclosed church, but had to be rushed back when
it was obvious her condition had gone worse. She was said to have taken
about 40 units of blood before she finally died on Tuesday morning.
Unconfirmed
reports had it that Bisi was few weeks pregnant when the sickness
started and was said to have lost the pregnancy as a result of
complications arising from her sickness.
Nigerian Tribune, however,
gathered from one of Bisi’s close friend that the actress pregnancy had
to be terminated at the hospital when her condition got worse.
“Her
pregnancy was aborted at the hospital. I don’t want to comment more on
that, but that is the truth. I learnt they had to do it to save her
life when it appeared she might lose it eventually,” said the source.
The source also said Bisi was secretly engaged to an Epe-born man.
Confirming
Bisi’s death to the Nigerian Tribune at Bisis’s family house at Soka in
Ibadan, on Tuesday afternoon, nollywood actor who is very close to
Bisi’s family, Yinka Quadri, said Bisi called to tell him about her
sickness few days to the Ileya festival, saying that he was still
shocked to hear that she had died. “I was informed few days to Ileya,
but I didn’t hear from her again until two weeks ago when her elder
sister, Bukky, called my phone to tell me that Bisi was terribly
indisposed and that she needed some units of blood to survive. I was in
Ibadan last week Sunday to see her and she was actually looking good on
Wednesday when I came back to check her again. We even joked as I left
for Lagos that afternoon after spending about 7hrs with her in the
hospital. I was shocked when I received the news of her death”.
Nigerian
Tribune also gathered that Bisi stayed with her aunt in Ibadan during
the period of her sickness and was said to have lost her mother about
five years ago. While reacting to Bisi’s demise, her aunt said she was
yet to come to terms with the fact that Bisi was dead and had been
deposited at the morgue. “I have lost a beautiful girl. I have lost a
star that we are all looking up to in the family. Everybody loved her
because of her simple lifestyle. She gave me a pink gown few days back
that I should wear it today (Tuesday), but I never knew she was telling
me she was going to die. I don’t believe she’s dead. I know she can
still be raised from the dead,” she said.
Bisi’s sister, Bukky,
was also pensive as tears rolled down her face uncontrollably. She said
she was with her before she died; saying Bisi never gave up even at the
point of death. “I was with her and I never believed she was going to
die, I had gone to several churches to pray and I was told that she
won’t die. It is painful because she died with many unfulfilled dreams.
It is more painful because she died without any child.”
According
to Bisi’s aunt’s husband, who gave his name as Daddy Pelumi, the late
actress would be buried on Friday, January 4 after the necessary burial
arrangements hadbeen concluded. “Her father attends a catholic church
and he has told us that she would be given a proper burial at the
Catholic Church, Oke Padre, Salvation Army way, Ibadan”.
Some of
the nollywood actors and actresses who paid a condolence visit to Bisi’s
house on Tuesday include, Yinka Quadri, Muyiwa Ademola, Remi Surutu,
Akeem Balogun ( Olasco Films), Adekola Tijani ( Kamilu Compo)
Majester,Yomi Fabiyi and others.
The actress was survived by her father, grandmother and siblings.
Culled From: Nigerian Tribune
So so sad;;;;;;;;;MAY her soul rest in perfect peace,,,,even still love her in death but God loves her most, may Almighty God gives the Family the mind to bear dis great loss
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