Veteran Nigerian movie star, Obinna Nwafor fondly known as Saint Obi has died at 57. It was gathered that the thespian died at the Jos University Teaching Hospital after battling an illness.
An insiders in the movie industry revealed that the actor underwent surgery recently. According to a source, a filmmaker reached out to Obi last week for a gig but he said, ‘I just had surgery, I am not strong enough to be on set.’
While it has been days since the movie star died, it was gathered that his family kept mute due to an internal crisis.
Born on November 16, 1965, the Nigerian actor was famed for his roles in movies like Candle Light, Sakobi, Goodbye Tomorrow, Heart of Gold, Festival of Fire, Executive Crime and Last Party.
He studied Theatre Arts at the University of Jos. Saint Obi came into the acting scene in 1996, after doing a commercial for Peugeot on NTA. He starred in over 60 movies.
In 2001, Saint Obi produced his first movie titled Take Me to Maama, where he starred as Jerry, alongside Ebi Sam, Rachel Oniga, Nse Abel and Enebeli Elebuwa.
