Nigerian Producer/Director Amaka Igwe Dies at 51

                                          

Foremost producer, writer, director and a leading player in the Nigerian motion picture industry, Amaka Igwe has passed on. She died last night April 28th in Enugu after an asthma attack.

‘She suffered an asthma attack and was immediately rushed to the hospital after initial interventions had failed.’ said a statement gotten via The Net ‘She passed on before getting to the hospital’.  Amaka Igwe was in Enugu to work on a new soap opera died after suffering an Asthma attack.

Te death of Mrs. Igwe’s death who has a new station ‘Q Networks’ launching on Dstv soon, will no doubt leave a void in the Nigerian film industry and she will be greatly missed by a lot of people. She is survived by her husband, and 3 children.