Actress Ebele Okaro has prayed for her friend and colleague Ngozi Ezeonu who debunked a report about her death.
Ngozi Ezeonu shared a photo of a burning candle on her Instagram account over the weekend, leaving her followers worried.
Some media reports subsequently claimed that the actress had died and her son confirmed it.
But on Wednesday, Ngozi dismissed the report in a video she shared on her Instagram page.
The 58-year-old explained that it was her friend who died and not her, She faulted the bloggers who reported her death without confirmation from her.
“The calls I’ve been receiving have been very worrisome. I don’t know why anybody should take my post. I lost a very close friend of mine, I posted a candle, a half-burnt candle and they now put my picture on that candle and everybody is saying that I died. It is wrong. I am alive and healthy, please.
“In journalism, what you do when in doubt you leave out. If you cannot get across to the person to at least confirm the story, you don’t post. Don’t do that, please. Don’t try it again. This is a new year, why would anybody want to hurt each other just because they want people to follow them,” Ngozi said in parts.
Reacting in the comment section of the post, Ebele Okaro prayed for a long life in health and wealth.
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“Long Life in Health and Wealth, you are wished,” she wrote.
Other celebrities like Nancy Iheme, Mary Igwe and Benson Okonkwo also joined Ebele in prayers.
