Moji Olaiya,a Nigerian movie actress has passed on in Canada

Moji Olaiya who is a well known Yoruba movie actress and daughter to Nigeria's high life music legend,Victor Olaiya has died of cardiac arrest in Canada.


Moji who just barely welcomed her second child not too long ago was said to have officially divorced her first husband and got married to another just last year.

She had featured in many Yoruba and English movies which earned her various awards-City People Entertainment Award for best Supporting Actress of the year(Yoruba).She was known for her role as Ireti in Super Story's,'No Pain,No Gain'.
The late Moji with her new born baby in March 2017

Moji was 42 before her untimely death and converted to islam in 2014.Reports say that she might be buried in Canada due to the fact that her Mother who is still alive cannot see the corpse of her daughter as it is a taboo in the Yoruba land for one to see the corpse of one's child.

The Director of Public Relations and Media Affairs of the Theater Arts and Motion Picture Association of Nigeria,Yomi Fash-Lanso in a statement said:

''It is with a heavy heart and sad disposition to hear about the sudden death of our colleague,friend and sister,Moji Olaiya,who's death occurred few hours ago in Canada,few days after giving birth.
''According to reports that we gathered,we learnt she had heart seizure and couldn't make it.
''We pray her soul finds eternal rest with her creator and pray to Almighty Allah to bear the family she left behind  the fortitude to bear this great irreparable lost.''



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