Another Nollywood Actor cum Producer dies

In what has become like an evil wind
blowing across the entertainment
industry in Nigeria and just as Nigerians
are yet to come to terms with the death
of Goldie, popular Abuja based actor,
director and producer, Collins Ifeanyi
Chukwu is dead.
The artiste died yesterday at the
Maitama General Hospital after a brief
illness. He is survived by his young wife,
Blessing Collins, and little son, Doxa
Efechukwu Collins.
The news, which was confirmed
yesterday by the chairman of the guild in
Abuja, Agility Onwurah, has thrown the
Abuja chapter of AGN into mourning.
The usually boisterous Access Garden,
which is the official location of the
guild's activities, was full of tears and
wailings yesterday.
A call placed to his wife yesterday was
answered by her mother who said
Blessing Collins was not in the right
frame of mind to speak. The mother-in-
law however confirmed the sad news.
Doxa Efechukwu Collins, his sole heir,
was born on May 12, 2012, and was
dedicated on Sunday July 22 at the Christ
Chosen Church of God, Gwarimpa, Abuja,
after which his parents treated
entertainment practitioners to a lavish
ceremony at their Jikwoyi residence.
"It is quite unfortunate that the young
lady has been widowed at this early age
with such a little boy. This is a big loss,
not only to the family, but to the
entertainment industry in Abuja," Frank
White, chairman of the Producers Guild
of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter lamented.
The late Collins had a knack for
producing gospel movies and has to his
credit The Burning Flames, el-Gibor, Back
to Bethel, and was before his death,
working on another blockbuster.
He is one of the very successful Abuja
based entertainers who have been able
to prove that you don't have to be in
Lagos to make it in the industry.
Until his death, he was the PRO elect of
the Actors guild of Nigeria, AGN, Abuja
chapter.