Actress Chinonso Arubayi, celebrated her husband, Eric Arubayi’s fifth year anniversary on February 11, 2023.
Chinonso on her Instagram page posted a picture of her late husband with lyrics of departing song written on it.
Recall that in 2017, the gospel artiste’s death shook the industry as people referred to him as a peaceful man who loved God. He died at 34 from an alleged complication from an expired malaria drug at Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara.
In an old interview, Chinonso stated how bad she felt after Eric’s death. She said she stopped believing in God and stopped loving God because she felt betrayed by Him.
She said Eric had the one she had wanted to spend her whole life with. They were together for three years.
An excerpt of the old interview read, “My husband and I lived a faith-based life. We prayed together. When he died, I lived in denial because I felt betrayed by God that my husband, a gospel artiste, could die. For the longest time, I didn’t want to pray. People sent me scriptures and messages, I didn’t want to have anything to do with it.
“While the society was supportive, it also had certain expectations; wear black, cut your hair, do and be seen to be in mourning.
“I fell into depression, shaved my hair at first and went to the barber again, that it wasn’t low enough. I wanted to go bald. I cut my hair and my friends would go, “Girl, you are still fine.” That only made me feel worse. I just wanted to be about charcoal and everything… ”
Eric was the third runner-up on singing reality TV show, West African Idol reality TV show.
