Award-winning TV personality and actress Rachel Bakam has died, her younger brother Bakam Adams Junior confirmed on Wednesday.
Bakam, who hailed from Fadia Tudun Wada in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, died on Tuesday afternoon aged 39.
The actress died at a private hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.
“Yes, the news is true. She was admitted last Friday. She died today (Tuesday) after a brief illness at about noon at a private hospital in Abuja,” her brother told PUNCH.
“Rach, as we fondly called her, was a very likeable person, selfless, hardworking and God-fearing. She was very sacrificial. Her death has devastated us. I am yet to come to terms with it. I cannot tell you much.”
She is survived by a son, mother, three brothers and many relations.
