Alexx Ekubo is gone, what happened when the late actor was laid to rest in Abia State. Actress Omoni Oboli speaks and announces The First Lady movie release in his honour. Read the full story.
You know that kind of news where you see it and you just stop scrolling.
Not because you did not expect it. You did. But knowing something and actually watching it happen are two different things entirely.
They buried Alexx Ekubo in his hometown in Abia State today. People stood there in the heat watching and trying to hold themselves together the way you do at funerals when you are not sure crying in public is something you are ready to do. Omoni Oboli was not there quietly. She was somewhere trying to put words together that did not sound like every other tribute that had already been posted. Because when you actually knew someone, the general words never feel like enough.
She found some. And they hit different.
What She Actually Said
Omoni did not do the long statement thing. No press release. No PR team drafting something careful and measured. She just spoke from wherever she was standing.
She said they finally laid their bestie to rest. That in his honour she is releasing The First Lady, the movie that started their friendship over ten years ago. That every single naira from that movie goes straight to his family.
Alexx Ekubo is gone
And then came the line that stopped the scroll completely.
“Alex poured his whole heart into that movie and gave it his all.”
Read that again knowing he is gone. Knowing that heart she is talking about is not beating anymore. Knowing that the all he gave is the last all anyone will ever get from him. It is a simple sentence. It should not hit that hard. But it does.
Read that again. Not as a quote. As a person talking about someone they actually loved. That is what it is.
A Movie That Was Never Just a Movie
The First Lady is not some random film she is pulling out of a drawer. This is the one that started everything between her and Alexx. Eleven, twelve years ago they were on set together and something clicked. Not the kind that fades after the wrap party. The kind that lasts.
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She could have kept that movie locked away. Made it a private thing. Something only she and the people who were there would ever know about.
“Today we finally laid our bestie, late Alexx Ekubo, to rest in his hometown in Abia State. In honour of his memory, I will be releasing ‘The First Lady’, a movie that started this whole friendship 11–12 years ago. The whole proceeds will go to the family of the late Alexx Ekubo.… pic.twitter.com/aPSGO4egLm
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) June 18, 2026
She did not.
She is putting it out there with his name on it and his family’s name on the cheque. That is not a business decision. That is a friend saying I am not letting go of you just because you are gone. Alexx Ekubo is gone
The Kind of Person Alexx Was
If you ever watched Alexx Ekubo act you know what I am talking about. He was not doing the thing where you can see the actor behind the character. He was just in it. Completely. The way some people walk into a room and you just know they are real.
Off camera from everything people are saying now he was the same. No pretence. No industry ego. Just a person who made you feel like being around him was easy. Alexx Ekubo is gone
Nollywood loses people. It happens. But this one is different. This one has people sitting with it in a way that does not feel like it will pass quickly.
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What This Means for His Family
The First Lady will come out. People will buy tickets. They will sit in a dark room and watch Alexx Ekubo do what he did best and every kobo from that goes to the people who loved him most.
His family will feel that. Not just the money. The knowing that strangers paid to sit with him one more time because someone who loved him made sure it happened.
It is not enough. Let us be honest. Nothing is enough when somebody is dead. But it is real. And it came from a real place.
Rest well Alexx. You gave people something good to remember you by. 🕊️
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