Veteran Nollywood actress Bukky Ajayi passes away at 82

Nigeria: Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi has passed on after a brief illness at the age of 82 on Wednesday, July 6th according to reports.

Bukky Ajayi made her last public appearance at the 2016 AMVCA in March where she was awarded the AMVCA Merit Award.
Speaking at the event, she said;

“I just want to say to all my friends and non-friends thank you very much, you do not know how much this award means to me. If I have offended in one way or another please find it in your heart to forgive me and if you think you have offended me, don’t worry I have forgiven you a long time ago.”

“I am very happy from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could stand up but if I do I will fall but you all standing for me I say thank you.”

Bukky Ajayi was born into a christian family but later converted to Islam in the early eighties.
She studied in England for six years as a Federal government scholar.

She returned to Nigeria after her education in 1965 and started working in Nigeria Television Authority(NTA) as a presentation assistant in 1966 and became a presenter and then a news reader later on.

Bukky started her acting career in the 70s.