Nollywood actress, Ashabi Ayantunde more known as Iya Ife has passed away after a brief illness, Njenje Media News reports.
This is barely 48 hours after the death of her colleague, Bruno Iwuoha.
According to reports, Iya Ife passed away on Sunday evening, April 11, 2021, in Ile Ife, Osun State after a brief sickness that lasted just one week.
“She fell sick last week and she was taken to Ile-Ife, Osun State before she died yesterday (Sunday) evening. May Her Soul Rest in Peace,” a colleague informed.
The Theater Arts And Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN, also announced the news of her death.
The late actress was a member of the professional body and is popular in the Oshodi-Isolo branch.
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The late actress had featured in several films that include Oro Aye, Terror, Atidade Kinihun, Afefe, Onibara Aje, Olori, Old Soja, and Ogbologbo.