- Nigerian movie actor Deyemi Okanlawon has shown concern over the high rate at which people slump and die.
- The tragic passing of music legend Onyeka Onwenu, and Yoruba vlogger Afobaje who both slumped and died was earlier reported.
- The actor, in a tweet shared on the microblogging platform, X asked that proper investigation and autopsies be conducted
Deyemi Okanlawon, a Nollywood film star has made headlines following his post about the hike in the rate at which people slump and die.
His observation comes on the tail of the unfortunate incident of Nigerian music legend Onyeka Onwenu, and Yoruba vlogger, Afobaje who both slumped and died.
While 72 year old Onyeka Onwenu collapsed and died following her performance at a friend’s 80th birthday; 39 year old Afobaje, whose real name is Abimbola Ali died while playing football at Ikeja cement.
Both were rushed to the hospital but all measures taken to revive them proved futile. Considering the above mentioned scenarios, Deyemi Okanlawon shared a tweet supposedly about it, amongst other cases.
According to the movie actor, he personally heard of 5 different deaths of people who collapsed and died in the past few week. The actor quizzed whether proper investigations and autopsies are being conducted in such deaths. Taking to X, Deyemi Okanlawon tweeted:
“The rate at which ppl are just slumping and dying… I heard of about 5 in the last few weeks. Forgive my paranoia but I wonder if any proper autopsies and investigations are being done cos most of took those vaccs!”
According to reports, the popular media personality and Yoruba vlogger was a philanthropist and an all-round generous person.