Cameroonian actor, Edgard Leroy, has died following a ghastly auto accident.
The actor had just won an award at the last concluded African Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) as the Best Indigenous Movie (Yoruba) Category.
The news was announced on Instagram by his friend, David Akande, who stated that the actor had passed from an accident on his way to Ibadan.
The accident occurred at the Sagamu area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
He wrote , “Good night Edgard Leroy, my brother, friend and partner. I love you.
“On the 11th day of June 2022, a ghastly motor accident on Lagos Ibadan Expressway, precisely at Shagamu, cut short the life of one of Africa’s fast-rising filmmakers, Cameroonian-born Edgard Le Roy Nouke Ngedemon.
“Born on the 13th of July 1995, this amazing Director, editor and motion graphics artist was the first from his country to win the highly respected AMVCA award.
“And just a few weeks shy of his 27th birthday… this is the sad story of a life cut at its prime.”
