A section of Benue women are demanding an autopsy for the late Benue-born Nigerian Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh.
Ada Ameh, 48, reportedly slumped and died around 11:53 pm on Sunday in Warri, Delta State, where she was visiting an oil company magnate and his family.
The comic actress-cum-producer shared a video of herself enjoying dinner with her host family on Instagram hours before she was reportedly dead.
Some women from her home state of Benue have called for an autopsy to ascertain the true cause of her death.
One of the women, former Benue State Governorship aspirant, Dr. Roseline Ada Chenge, said she was shocked at the news of Ada Ameh’s sudden death, saying she had a telephone chat with the ‘The Johnsons’ actress, a few hours before the time she reportedly died and that she was in good health.
The former Lower Benue Managing Director disclosed this in a video she shared on her official Facebook page.
Mrs. Chenge said, “Good day Nigerians, with pain in my heart and deep sorrow, I am here this afternoon to ask questions. I have been trying to call online to ask these same questions but nobody is picking up my call. And I need to call and ask Nigerians and also ask Nollywood”.
According to Dr. Roseline, at precisely about 5:15 pm on 17th of July, 2022, she called Ada because she came to Lagos from Benue and was staying in Lagos and wanted to meet up with Ada.
Dr. Roseline further speaking noted there is a missing link that is not being disclosed because at the time she spoke with the actress and the time she was reported dead “does not add up”.
“I spoke with her myself, she was in high spirits, she was in a high mood. There was no depression or mental issue. Yes, she was going through a lot after her daughter died. But if you checked her Instagram page on Saturday when she left for Warri, you can see the mood that she was in. In the afternoon, I saw another caption online that she slumped when she was eating at about 12:53. No, that is not true. Because I spoke with her for close to about 10 minutes. I spoke with her at 5:16. So, that was after she ate that meal. So there was some problem. There is a missing link. What’s going on? I am hearing she went to Warri, she was treating herself, she went to Warri she was staying… I don’t understand”.
Dr. Roseline
Dr. Roseline then said that “Ada Ameh is such a star that she cannot just disappear from planet earth without us knowing the real reason”.
Mrs. Chenge challenged the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) to insist on conducting an autopsy on Ada Ameh’s corpse to ascertain the true cause of the death while assuring the support of relevant Idoma stakeholders in getting to the root of the cause of Ada Ameh’s death.
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