Actress Funmi Awelewa has recounted how she was initially told that comedian and skitmaker Sanku Comedy was recuperating after his accident before news of his death was later confirmed.
Sanku reportedly died in a car crash on Monday along the Oyo-Ogbomoso road in Ibadan.
“When I saw the news online, I quickly sent one of my students who stays close to Bowen hospital, and he told me that he met one of your friends at the hospital who told us that you’re responding to treatment. I prayed to God, we prayed. Kilowa de bai oloun. Haaa Olorun Oba o,” Funmi wrote on Instagram.
She captioned her post: “The pain, the effort, the strength, the struggle… Walai, nothing makes sense. I’m heartbroken. Even the film sef never come out! It does not make sense fr.”
Also mourning him, Regina Chukwu said she feels especially for Sanku’s mother.
“I heard the most devastating news today, and I am broken. This is so sad. I feel for you, momma,” she wrote.
Sanku, also known as Zanku, was a fast-rising skitmaker with a large following on TikTok. His humorous skits and originality earned him thousands of fans.
His death adds to a string of recent losses in the entertainment industry. Last month, actress Jaiye Kuti mourned her colleague Seun Confirm, who died from complications of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
Also in August, actor Odunayo Olufemi, better known as Oloto, died after complaining of feeling uneasy at church.
