Murphy Afolabi
By Our Reporter
Contrary to report that popular actor, Murphy Afolabi slipped in his bathroom which culminated to his death, the family of the late Nollywood Yoruba Actor, in Osogbo, Osun, said he collapsed and died instantly
The family added that his death was saddening and heart breaking to them.
While speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday, Mr Yusuf Lateef, the family head of Fetuata, Afolabi’s family compound in Osogbo, said the news of the death of the actor left everyone of them crying.
He said the information they got about Afolabi’s demise was that he collapsed in the bathroom.
He said he was rushed to the hospital thereafter, where he was pronounced dead.
He said his body was deposited at the morgue and that he would be buried later today.
“Initially we were planning to have him buried here, in Osogbo but his children insisted that he should be buried in Lagos, where he resided with his family.
“As his family in Osogbo, we have been meeting and making plans concerning his burial and we will be sending representatives to Lagos this morning. (today),” he said.
He said the bond of family was very strong and that irrespective of the status anybody attained in life, they should never forsake their family, adding that as Afolabi’s family members, would see to the burial of their Kin.
(NAN)
