Mama Ajasco is Dead

If tears could bring back the dead, then the remains of the late actress and one of the leading screen actresses in Nigeria, Iyabo Momoh would have risen from death.

But alas and so Iyabo who made name as Mama Ajasco in the Wale Adenuga created TV show Papa Ajasco has passed on to the great beyond. Iyabo Momoh who was interred last Wednesday at her Ikorodu, Lagos home succumbed to the pangs of death on Tuesday after a protracted battle with cancer.

The disease had in the early stages retarded her once flourishing acting career and finally nailing her in the later stages and thereby depriving Nigerians the services of one of the most talent actresses in the land.

Although details of her sickness were not revealed to Home Video People, the actress who was fondly called Abeni Aworuru by her Yoruba fans, died while receiving treatment in a private hospital in Lagos.
President of ANTP the umbrella (the body she was a foremost member) body she operate from, Prince Kosoko told Home Video People that Madam Iyabo who died at the age of 53 years left behind her husband and four Children.

“Apart from myself and Oga Bello who were at the burial many of my members, cast and crew of the Papa Ajasco casts and members of the public honoured her even in death with their presence.

And as part of our tradition we will again gather at her residence on March 11 to celebrate. The event is called Artiste Night and it will witness the gathering of all our members to celebrate the life and times of Madam Iyabo.

Prince Kosoko also prayed for the repose of her soul and urged all members of the association to pray fervently against such occurrences this year.

Also reacting to the news of her death, movie producer and actor, Yomi Fabiyi, described the late Momoh as a versatile actress who encouraged the younger ones to give their best in the make-believe industry.

The late Momoh, apart from being a popular Yoruba actress, endeared herself to lovers of comedy, when she played Mama Ajasco in the Papa Ajasco and Company television series, created by Ikebe Super exponent, Wale Adenuga, a few years ago.

She was later sacked alongside the former Boy Alinco, Adebayo Bankole, and the current Papa Ajasco, Abiodun Ayoyinka, for alleged breach of contract.

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