Weeks After AMVCA Win, Actor Dies In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident
On Saturday, an actor named Edgard Leroy lost his life in an accident at the Sagamu areas of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Leroy, who is from Cameroon, won the Best Indigenous Movie (Yoruba) Category at the most recent AMVCA.
His colleague, David Akande announced Leroy’s death on his Instagram page, saying, Leroy was on his way to Ibadan to a movie site when he had a deadly accident.
He said, “Good night Edgard Leroy, my brother, friend and partner. I love you
“On the 11th day of June 2022, a ghastly motor accident on Lagos Ibadan Expressway, precisely at Shagamu, cut short the life of one of Africa’s fast-rising filmmakers, Cameroonian-born Edgard Le Roy Nouke Ngedemon.
“Born on the 13th of July 1995, this amazing Director, editor and motion graphics artist was the first from his country to win the highly respected AMVCA award. And just a few weeks shy of his 27th birthday… this is the sad story of a life cut at its prime.”
Credit: Instagram| officialdavidakande
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