Posted on: 12:19 Wed, 08 Jun 2016



In the afternoon of Tuesday, June
7, 2016, when encomium.ng paid a
condolence visit to number 4,
Olanrewaju Street, Chemist bus
stop, Bariga, Lagos, in honour of
adorable actress, Henrietta Kosoko,
52, who died in the morning of
Monday, June 6, the atmosphere
was sober.

The widower, veteran actor Prince
Jide Kosoko, 62, was distraught. He
was being consoled by actors and
marketers, but he appeared lost.

Dressed in white kaftan and
slippers, Kosoko was mumbling and
talking, in apparent distress.

He told those present, ‘Iyawo Keta;
s’e awon aye oni m’aka fun
mi?’ ( This is the third wife l have
lost; won’t people be counting,
keeping records?

Kosoko made the statement around
2:20 pm as we settled among
sympathizers under the canopy.

In October 1992 and November
1993, he lost two wives in about 13
months, and described the episodes
in an interview with Encomium
Weekly when he turned 60 in June
2014 as a very sad period.

And now in 2016, another wife, his
most popular better half died from
diabetes complications at home in
Bariga. Already, many snide
remarks have dominated the social
media, but many are behind the
star actor, labeling the death as a
necessary occurrence.