Genevieve Nnaji Under Fire Over Sam Loco's Death........ Called An 'Illiterate'

Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji,was criticized  on Sunday when she took to social networking site, twitter, to announce the death of veteran Edo state born actor, Sam Loco Efe and to also  commiserate with fans and family.

Hardly had the dust settled when she came on again to apologize that she had been ‘realiblily’ (sic) informed that the man only collapsed, but not dead. She went on to buttress her point by saying she had spoken to family members of the late Sam Loco, who confirmed he was only hospitalized and not dead. She  blamed the news channel she got her earlier information from. Many joined her to condemn the Nigerian news channel .

Few hours later, it was actually confirmed that Sam Loco was dead, and Genny at that point took the comical approach by saying she had created a lot of drama, apologized and vowed that such won’t repeat itself. However, it was too late as many viewed her tweets as an insult to the news sources that announced the death of the veteran actor.

One of such people was Mr. Chris Kehinde Nwandu, publisher of Abuja based The Evening Whisperer based. He sent a blackberry broadcast, calling Genevieve an illiterate. The broadcast which elicited response from Ali Baba and Julius Agwu  saw Chris firing back.
Below are the blackberry broadcast: messages
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we broke the news of the demise of Sam Loco, we were called all sorts of names for spreading false rumour by Genevieve".
“…But a local news channel just announced his death as well. Journalism is crap in Nigeria… What do you expect from a half-baked illiterate like Nnaji. Any idiot can be an actress, not Journalist.”


“… I wanted to unleash the second dragon, but when I read the BB response from two of my best friends, I decided simmer…ALIBABA..CKN. You are doing a great job, please activate the spell check on your phone… JULIUS AGWU..CKN correct your spelling from ILLITERTATE to ILLITERATE before Genevieve Nnaji calls you an illiterate, too…. Case closed. Have a nice laffing day..CKNGenevieve Nnaji

Movie producer Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki, also gave his two cents, 
Contents AIT… Chris… Your Yoruba Mama born you well for Igbo Papa. Read my lips, any ‘ill-literate’ fit be ACTORESS. Carry..Go..o

How Sam Loco Died

Details surrounding the shocking death of Nigerian comedian/ actor Sam Loco Efe  has been unveiled. According to the president Actors Guild of Nigeria, Segun Arinze, the actor died in his sleep at a popular hotel in Owerri, Imo state.

The late actor was working on his movie whose rumoured title is 'The Unknown Prophet'.

The previous day the actor told his crew to go to bed, that they will continue work on the movie the next day.

When his people did not hear from him, they became worried, prompting them to inform the management of the hotel, who in turn ordered that his room door be forced open, only for them to see his lifeless body on the bed.

The body of the late actor has been moved to a mortuary in Owerri, where an autopsy is expected to be carried out to determine the cause of his death.