BREAKING: Another Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi, dies at 49

Less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, another popular actor in Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, died on Sunday.

No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death, however, a colleague of the deceased in the Yoruba subsector of the Nollywood, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, has confirmed the sad news.

Ola-Yusuf, a well-known actor, director and producer, took to his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon to mourn Afolabi.

He wrote: “REST IN PEACE…

“May God give the family and close associates the fortitude to bear the loss.

“Good night Muphy Afolabi.”