Olu Jacobs and 9 Nigerian celebrities who have fallen victim to fake d£ath reports
Olu Jacobs and 9 Nigerian celebrities who have fallen victim to fake death reports
Fake death reports are sadly rampant in the media
Olu Jacobs was reported to have passed away On June 30, 2024, but the news was promptly debunked
death rumours. In 2014, the actress was mistaken for another actress and declared dead on social media. Okorie then took to Instagram to assure her fans that she was alive and well.
She wrote, “I am not dead; I’m balling hard. As a matter of fact, 150 years have been added to my age. I bear the mark of Jesus Christ. RIP to all the people who used my photo on their blogs, newspapers, and social media status, saying I, Angela Okorie, am dead. I’m still the unstoppable moving train. My God is alive.”
9. Richard Mofe Damijo
In 2016, popular actor Richard Mofe Damijo, aka RMD, was involved in a ghastly car accident in Delta State. Due to the severity of the car crash at the time, it was rumoured that he had passed away.
In a statement, he debunked the reports and wrote, “Contrary to the rumors yesterday that I was in a coma, unconscious and even dead, I am alive, and well, God kept us, my driver and I, alive by his hands.”
10. Skiibii
Nigerian artiste Adesope Olajide, aka Skiibii, also faced fake death reports after blacking out and slumping in 2015. After it was found out that he was not dead, it became a scandal at the time, and he was accused of faking his death to make it in the music industry.
After returning to Nigeria, he continued to chase his passion, worked his way back up from the bottom, and got his big break again in 2019.
