Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has paid an emotional tribute to his late friend and colleague, Alex Ekubo, more than two months after the actor’s death, saying he still instinctively reaches for his phone to call him. Ogbonna broke his silence in an Instagram post on Tuesday, describing Ekubo’s death as a loss that had changed his perspective on life and death. “On May 11th, I lost my best friend and brother, Alex. Nothing prepares you for a loss like that,” he wrote. Reflecting on the past two months, the actor said he had struggled to come to terms with the loss.
“Alex and I spoke about everything. We laughed about growing old. We dreamed about businesses. Movies we wanted to create. Places we wanted to travel.
“The lives we imagined for our children. Success. Legacy. Family. We truly believed we had time. Neither of us imagined one of us would leave first. Life had another plan. Or perhaps… God simply had a different plan,” he wrote.
He said faith had helped him find peace despite the unanswered questions surrounding his friend’s death.
His family said he died at Evercare Hospital in Lagos from complications arising from advanced metastatic kidney cancer.