Nollywood mourns Murphy Afolabi

Following the announcement of his death on Sunday, friends and colleagues of one of Nollywood star, Murphy Afolabi have took to their various social media platforms to mourn the actor.

Reacting to the news, a Yoruba movie star, Odunlade Adekola posted the picture of Afolabi with the caption, “Jesus Christ, we lost Murphy.’

Kemi Afolabi said: “Phew! Rest in peace, sir. Death a debt everyone owes and must pay.”

Kunle Afod on Instagram wrote, “R.I.P Adedigba. We will surely miss you. We drank from your River of knowledge, we know how important you are, the sad news this morning really broke my heart @alafinoro1 sun re ooo,”

Commenting on Afod’s post, Yomi Fabiyi, another Yoruba movie star, said, “May his soul RIP.”

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A filmmaker, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, posted a picture of the late actor on Facebook and added the quote, “Rest in peace. May God give the family and close associates the fortitude to bear the loss. Good night, Murphy Afolabi.”

Yet another filmmaker, Fidelis Duker, wrote, “What is really happening? I am just watching him in a movie now.”

Veteran actor, Yinka Quadri, Madam Saje and many others also mourned the talented actor.

Murphy Afolabi is a Nollywood star in the Yoruba movie genre. He was born on May 5, 1974, in Osun State. He hailed from Osogbo town.

The 49-year-old actor studied Movie Production, Mass Communications, and Theatre Arts at Ire Polytechnic, Osun. Afolabi got into the movie industry in 2001.

The actor, Producer and director has appeared in over 60 movies before his death.

His film credits include ‘Ifa Olokun’, ‘Omowunmi’, ‘Jimi Bendel’, ‘Wasila Coded’, ‘Olokiki Oru’, and ‘Idera’.

ValidView Network gathered that the actor will be buried on Monday, May 15 in his hometown.

Murphy Afolabi’s death came 24 hours after the announcement of another Nollywood actor, Saint Obi.