Nigerian veteran filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah, is dead. He died at a private hospital a few hours ago in Lagos.
Journalist and film critic, Shaibu Husseini, confirmed his passing in a message on Saturday.
The message reads, “I have the permission of the Chair of the Chief Eddie Ugbomah Medical Fund Committee Alhaji Adedayo Thomas (DG, NFVCB) to break the news of the passage into eternity of the Veteran Filmmaker Chief Eddie Ugbomah, OON.
“The veteran filmmaker died an hour ago at the hospital where he was scheduled to undergo a surgery on Monday.
“Sad..but we totally submit to the Almighty.”
He was 78 years old.
