Veteran Nollywood actor, Dan Nkoloagu, is dead. He died barely five days after another actress, Sotonye Green, reportedly died from complications of COVID-19.
Nkoloagu, according to famly sources, passed away on Friday.
His son, Dan Nkoloagu Jr., announced the development on Facebook.
Sharing a photo of the veteran actor on his hospital bed, the bereaved son wrote: “It was a black Friday for us yesterday as my Dad left us without saying goodbye.”
His death came barely six days after an actress died of COVID-19.
The upcoming Nollywood actress, Sotonye Green, reportedly died from complications of COVID-19.
Her friend and colleague, Debby King, who announced her passing on social media, revealed that she died on January 11, 2021 at the Yaba Isolation center in Lagos State.
King also shared a video where she accused the management of the centre of sharp practices while her friend was being treated until her death.
She said: “Please if you know anyone who has COVID, they should stay home, self isolate and treat themselves.
“They should not go to that Yaba Isolation center.
“They are killing people there so that they can have numbers to count.
“Imagine, they would come and take her oxygen.
“Oxygen that her family bought for her.
“They will take it and give to other people.
“It is the people that give them money they give oxygen to.
“People that bribe them are the people they take care of.
“They would come and collect her oxygen and give to other people.