Just In : Ireti, an actress of the Fuji House of Commotion, has died.
According to movie and culture critic Husseini Shaibu, Onayiga passed away on Monday morning.
“Just learnt that the accomplished Stage and Screen Actress and Fellow of Theatre Arts Auntie Sola Awojobi Onayiga passed on today,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Auntie Sola is best known for living delightfully the role of Ireti aka Cooking practicals in the defunct TV sitcom ‘CHECKMATE’! Journey well Ma!”
She was reportedly hospitalized to the ICU section of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital two weeks ago.
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She began working for the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) in Abuja soon after completing her school education.
Just learnt that the accomplished Stage and Screen Actress and Fellow of Theatre Arts Auntie Sola Awojobi Onayiga passed on today.
Auntie Sola is best known for living delightfully the role of Ireti aka Cooking practicals in the defunct TV sitcom ‘CHECKMATE’!
Journey well Ma! pic.twitter.com/gftQuHA7XM
— Husseini Shaibu, Ph.D (@igalaman) July 18, 2022
She spent two years as a student at the National Institute of Internal Auditors before leaving to enroll in the University of Ife’s theater arts program (OAU).
She occasionally dabbled in politics in addition to acting. She ran as the Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) candidate for the Ikorodu constituency 1 seat in the Lagos state house of assembly in 2015.
Onayiga passed away around the same time as Adam Ameh, another actress from Nollywood, collapsed and passed away in Delta state.
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