Nollywood in mourning as actor Cjay Nwokafor dies

The Nigerian entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of Nollywood actor Chijioke “Cjay” Nwokafor.

His colleague, actress Nkechi Blessing, announced his death on Instagram on Wednesday while sharing videos of herself with the late actor.

Blessing did not disclose the cause of his death but cancelled the scheduled release of her movie, Egusi Ogbono, in his honour.

Cjay featured in the film.

The actress had initially planned to release the movie at 5pm on Wednesday but withdrew it after a hospital confirmed the actor’s death.

Blessing said she spoke with Cjay at about 8am on Wednesday before receiving news of his death a few hours later.

She wrote: “Cjay Nwoke Oma, so this is really the end?

“Omo we had plans. I spoke to you at 8 am today and a few hours later you are no more with us.

“Omo please return if possible because I refuse to type otherwise and this is too much for me to handle,” she wrote.

Actor Charles Born also expressed shock over the news, revealing that he had planned to visit Cjay at the hospital.

Born wrote: “Wait what? I was supposed to go see him at the clinic. Is this a joke?”

Another actor, Emeka Nwagbaraocha, also reacted with disbelief in a post on X, recalling his recent communication with the late actor.

Nwagbaraocha wrote: “Can’t believe CJ is dead mehn. We just texted a few days back! WTF is going on.

“CJ is such a sweet soul, talking about him in past sense is just,” he wrote.

As of press time, Cjay’s family and colleagues had not disclosed further details about his death or announced funeral arrangements.

Cjay began his acting career in 2021 and featured in several Nollywood productions, including Larry Cold, Mum Overnight and A Day to My Wedding.

He was an indigene of Anambra State.

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