{"id":243122,"date":"2026-06-19T05:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/nollywood-actor-alex-ekubos-death-big-loss-to-abia-entertainment-industry-otti\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:41:09","slug":"nollywood-actor-alex-ekubos-death-big-loss-to-abia-entertainment-industry-otti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/nollywood-actor-alex-ekubos-death-big-loss-to-abia-entertainment-industry-otti\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo\u2019s death big loss to Abia, entertainment industry \u2013 Otti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>Governor,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex <\/a>Otti, has condoled the family of Ekubo over the death of their son and Nollywood actor,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex <\/a>Ikenna Ekubo Okwaraeke .<\/p>\n<p>Otti who stated this on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0at Arochukwu, <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State during a funeral service conducted for Ekubo\u00a0 by the Streams of Joy Church ,\u00a0 Governor Otti described the death of Ekubo, as a profound loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State and the\u00a0 Nigerian\u00a0 \u00a0entertainment industry .<\/p>\n<p>The Governor who represented by his Chief of Staff,\u00a0 Caleb Ajagba, said that the late actor was not only a celebrated entertainer but also a cultural ambassador, whose talent projected the image of <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>state and nation on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the late actor\u00a0 for always carrying his roots with pride and demonstrating through hard work and discipline that dreams can be achieved regardless of one\u2019s background, adding that his rise from\u00a0 Arochukwu to becoming a household name across Africa and beyond remains a powerful inspiration to young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex <\/a>possessed that rare gift of connecting with people.<\/p>\n<p>Through his performances, he brought joy to homes, inspired<\/p>\n<p>young people, and demonstrated that with discipline, dedication,<\/p>\n<p>and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otti further encouraged the wife of the deceased,\u00a0 the Ekubo-Okwaraeke family, the people of Arochukwu and the Nigerian creative industry to be strong, courageous and take solace in God.<\/p>\n<p>Aged 40, Late Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex <\/a>Ikenna Ekubo Okwaraeke, who until his death was a renowned Nollywood actor and died as a result of complications from advanced metastatic kidney cancer, is survived by wife, parents, siblings and a host of other relatives.<\/p>\n<p>The burial was attended by actors, actresses and other entertainers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v9.0&amp;appId=420332301344305\" nonce=\"sm97MhBO\" type=\"pmdelayedscript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-minify=\"1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abia Governor,\u00a0 Alex Otti, has condoled the family of Ekubo over the death of their son and Nollywood actor,\u00a0 Alex Ikenna Ekubo Okwaraeke . Otti who stated this on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0at Arochukwu, Abia State during a funeral service conducted for Ekubo\u00a0 by the Streams of Joy Church ,\u00a0 Governor Otti described the death of Ekubo, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":243123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[199,2475,638],"class_list":["post-243122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia","tag-abia","tag-alex-ekubo","tag-otti"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260618-WA0114.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}