'His failed marriage affected him and he never recovered from the shock till death' - Zeb Ejiro speaks on death of Saint Obi

Nigerian filmmaker, Zeb Ejiro, has stated that the failure of deceased veteran actor, Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi's marriage affected him so much that the actor never recovered from the shock until his demise.

In an interview with Vanguard, Ejiro revealed that Obi could not bare the shock of living apart from his family.

He said: “Obi told me a couple of times that his marriage was crumbling and it was eating him up. He was a family man, somebody that loved to stay with his kids and build a happy home. But when his marriage crumbled, it really affected him and he never recovered from the shock till death. When a man is not together with his family, he will be depressed. No man wants to go into that kind of situation and be happy. So, that contributed to his death.

“Two weeks before his demise, my phone rang and it was Saint Obi on the other end. I asked him where he had been; that everybody had been looking for him. That was when he told me that he had been down and was admitted to a hospital. He added that he had done multiple surgeries and his condition wasn’t improving. His elder sister then made arrangements to move him to Jos, where he could be given proper treatment. That was the last time we spoke, as I promised to reach out to him again. But I never did, as the next thing I heard was that Obi is no more."

He explained that Saint Obi was always harassed by his wife's siblings and this eventually led to the end of the marriage.