I Lost My Backbone – Veteran Actor, Ojopagogo Recalls How His First Wife Died While On Movie Set

Razaq Olayiwola, the veteran Nollywood actor, who is popularly known as Ojopagogo, has recounted the heartbreaking moment his first wife, Funmilayo, passed away while he was on a movie set.

Recall that the actor revealed the painful event occurred in 2000 while he was on location in Abeokuta, shooting a film titled Osuwon, directed by his colleague, Ebun Oloyede, also known as Olaiya Igwe.

According to him, his wife was in good condition when he left home, and there was no sign that anything was wrong.

Before he travelled for the shoot, Funmilayo had encouraged him to take the job, even helping him get an umbrella the night before due to heavy rainfall.

“It is not something I like to remember. I lost someone who was like my backbone. It was my wife, the wife who gave birth to our children. I was not supposed to go for that work. The reason is that my wife herself has been telling me to go for the shoot. At the time, we were also planning to make our movie ‘Ejo Ori Apata’. This rain started the night before the shoot.

“When the rain was so much, my wife went out to borrow an umbrella for me to be able to go out for the shoot. She told me Olaiya had never called us for the job, and now he has called me. Till I got to the place, my body was not calm. I was not too playful at the outing.