Exactly nine years ago today, veteran Nollywood actor, Sam Loco, died in his sleep at Rapour Hotel, Owerri, Imo State.The actor had just finished a new movie titled ‘The Unknown Prophet’, partially shot in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He then moved to Owerri to commence editing the film produced by Favour Ogosi.
He wrote, “Around this time in 2011, I was just starting my bar finals exams when news of your death hit me. 9 years gone! 9 years remembered! Rest on Erhamwen!”.He was born on Christmas Day in Enugu in 1945 to Arase Efeimwonkiyeke, a warder, while his mother was a petty trader who sold bean cakes. He was raised in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. During an interview with the Vanguard, he said he lost his father when he was in elementary school and spent 13 years in about six schools.
He described it as his first truly well-paid job. In the 1960s, he joined the drama club of Government College, Afikpo. There he recorded his first big break. The following year he wrote, produced, directed, and played the lead role in his first stage play, ‘Vendetta’. His performance earned him a scholarship to complete his elementary school. After secondary school, he set up the Ovonramwen Theatre Group.He would later found the short-lived Sam Loco Production Company in 1979.
While working for Dunlop in Benin, he landed a role in the NTA Benin’s television series, ‘Hotel de Jordan’, and also performed in a rendition of Ola Rotimi’s ‘The Gods are Not to Blame’ at a theatre festival.During an interview with a former editor of Sunday Guardian, Jahman Anikulapo, published in 1991, the late actor revealed that Dunlop sacked him because they were unable to cope with his increased involvement in drama.
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