Today in History: Sam Loco Efe died.
Exactly 13 years ago today Sam Loco died. A renowned nollywood actor and comedian he was.
Gone but not forgotten. Keep resting Loco.
He said: “On the night before his demise, he had, as usual, exchanged banter and jokes with friends and colleagues till about 11p.m. before retiring to his room.
“But the next morning when he didn’t come down for breakfast, worried colleagues went knocking on his door. Of course, they knew he was inside. And when no response came, they called me. I then advised that the hotel contact the police. And when the room was eventually opened, the cold body of Sam was found on a seat in the room.
“And on the table and the floor, the police were alleged to have found a cannister or two of ventolin inhalers.”
Unfulfilled Dream
Efe died without fulfilling the dream of taking a deserved rest at his Abakaliki, Ebonyi State farm house, Eboh said yesterday.
“Because I was nominated for the City People Awards and couldn’t go to see him in Owerri, he told me he would first stop over at Yenagoa and on today travel to his farm in Abakaliki, Ebonyi to wait for me. He said he was going to the farm house to rest and take a break from the rigours of film shooting and editing. That never happened because he died the next morning.”
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, extended condolences to the family of the late actor.
