Nigerian filmmaker, Zik Zulu Okafor has provided further details about the death of his colleague and friend, Saint Obi.
In an interview with Vanguard, Zik Zulu shared how Saint Obi’s marriage had a profound impact on him, causing him immense distress that he never recovered from until his passing.
According to Zik Zulu, Saint Obi struggled to cope with the emotional strain of being separated from his family, which ultimately led to his demise.
“Obi told me a couple of times that his marriage was crumbling and it was eating him up. He was a family man, somebody that loved to stay with his kids and build a happy home. But when his marriage crumbled, it affected him and he never recovered from the shock till death.
“When a man is not together with his family, he will be depressed. No man what’s to go into that kind of situation and be happy. So, that contributed to his death.
“Two weeks before his demise, my phone rang and it was Saint Obi on the other end. I asked him where he had been; that everybody had been looking for him. That was when he told me that he had been down and was admitted to the hospital. He added that he had done multi surgeries and his condition wasn’t improving.
“His elder sister then made arrangements to move him to Jos, where he could be given proper treatment. That was the last time we spoke, as I promised to reach out to him again. But I never did, as the next thing I hear was that Obi is no more”.
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