SAD NEWS: MAMA BUKKY AJAYI IS DEAD.

The talented and Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi, is dead. According to a reliable source she died on Wednesday morning at the age of 82,  there are indication that she will be buried today according to Islamic rites,  Late Bukky Ajayi  left England and came back to Nigeria after her education in 1965 and started  work  in Nigeria Television Authority(NTA) as a presentation assistant in 1966.

Afterwards, she became a presenter and then a news reader.She presented a couple of children’s programmes and ‘Nigerian’s Sketches,’ a programme which was all about Nigerian culture, and Diran Ajijedidun of blessed memory was her producer.. She was later transferred to Port Harcourt and later back to Lagos, and it was at that time she started her acting career. Bukky  started with the ‘Village Headmaster’ in the 70s, and she later got a role in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Checkmate.’

Over the year She has featured in so many home videos that she has lost count.Shooting of international film ‘Critical Assignment’ in South Africa, is one of the events of her life that she will never forget. It gave her an opportunity to see how it is done elsewhere, other than Nigeria, where a movie is shot in five days. Bukky Ajayi’s popular movies include Mother of George, Indecent Girl, Diamond Ring, Witches, Thunderbolt among others. May her soul rest well. Photo Credit: netnaija.com