Flashback: How Ada Ameh battled with depression for years before her death

The Nollywood industry has once again been thrown into mourning as another popular actress, Ada Ameh has died.

Ada’s death was confirmed by the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Emeka Rollas on Monday morning, July 18.

According to The Nation, Ada slumped and died on Sunday.

Before her death, Ada battled with mental health. She revealed she had been dealing with mental illness following the death of her loved ones.

She spoke about her ordeal in an interview with media personality Morayo Afolabi-Brown on Your View TV show published on Friday, July 1.

According to The Johnsons actress, she had been depressed for years and her daughter, Ladi’s death made it worse because Ladi was her best friend, and sister and it felt like her world had crumbled.

The 48-year-old also disclosed that she had lost six siblings before Ladi died. She said:

“I have depression, I have been depressed for some years and it became very worse when I lost my daughter in 2020. I was 14 when I had her, she was my best friend, and sister, I just saw my world crumbling down before me.”

“I had lost three of my sisters and three of my brothers. I thought I was going to be next when my younger sister died and I have been in and out of the hospital.”

Recall on June 15, Ada Ameh released a video where she explained how a lawsuit was filed against her by people who offered her a job she could not carry out.

According to her, she could not do the job because she was battling mental health issues. Ada however added that dealing with the issue is killing her slowly but she believes she will get over it.

Ada Ameh visited her daughter’s grave last year to mark the first anniversary of her death.

Ladi died on October 20, 2020, in Abuja following an unsuccessful surgery. She was buried in Gwarinpa, Abuja on October 31.