BREAKING: Nollywood producer, Bambino Anachina, is dead

Nollywood producer Bambino Anachina

Nollywood producer, Chukwudi Anachina, has died after battling an undisclosed illness.

Popularly known as Bambino Anachina, the deceased was also an actor and event compere.

Member of the Board of Trustees of Association of Nollywood Core Producers (ANCOP), Chris Ekejimbe, told members of a WhatsApp group on Saturday afternoon that Bambino’s wife confirmed the death to him.

“Just spoke with his wife. He is dead,” Ekejimbe wrote.

Friends and colleagues have expressed shock on Anachina’s Facebook page.

A product of Federal Polytechnic in Oko, Anambra State, Bambino Anachina counted musician, actor and politician, Tony One Week, as the biggest influence on his career.

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