Filmmaker Tchidi Chikere has mourned actress Ada Ameh, saying that she was never the same after the death of her daughter.
Tchidi in an Instagram post on Monday, recollected his last moments with the actress whose death was announced on July 18, 2022.
According to Chikere, Ada told him she was never the same since the death of her daughter. He also stated that he did not know her illness was life-threatening.
He wrote: “Just the other day we were all together on my movie set. You made everybody laugh with your jokes. You were full of life…only mentioned to me you’ve been in and out of the hospital for a while since you lost your daughter. You didn’t day it was life-threatening, only said ‘Tchidi sometimes I no de get myself since my daughter died I dey go hospital de come back.’ But you were cheerful and your work well. This is so sad. Life is indeed given and nobody can claim to own it. Journey well, my dear sister. This one broke me.
Ada Ameh died two years after the death of her daughter Aladi.
Before her death, Ada battled with mental health. She revealed she had been dealing with mental illness following the death of her loved ones.
She spoke about her ordeal in an interview with media personality Morayo Afolabi-Brown on Your View TV show published on Friday, July 1.
According to The Johnsons actress, she had been depressed for years and her daughter Ladi’s death made it worse because Ladi was her best friend, and sister and it felt like her world had crumbled.
