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Less than 24 hours after the shocking death of Saint Obi, Nigeria’s Nollywood has again be thrown into mourning as popular Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi, is dead.

Tunde Ola-Yusuf, confirmed the sad news in a post on his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon and tagged the picture of the late actor to the post.

He wrote: “REST IN PEACE…

“May God give the family and close associates the fortitude to bear the loss.”

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