Late Sam Loco Efe
contributed immensely to
the development of the
Nigerian movie industry since
inception and his comic
antics swept us of our feet
while we were growing up.
Sam Loco sagging his jeans
trousers
This is a hilarious photo of Sam
Loco taken on the set of a comic
movie. The picture has been
trending on social media with
his fans dropping lovely
comments concerning his
achievements during his
lifetime.
Nollywood Actor Sam Loco Efe,
Born December 25, 1939 into
the family of Arase at Ogboka, in
Benin Kingdom, Baby Sam could
not envisage what the future
had in stock for him as very little
attention was paid to his
education. But he was
determined to sort out life from
every sphere of human
endeavour.
The Civil war brought young
Sam back from the East to Benin
City in 1968, where he resided
with Pa Aghedo. As the wind of
the war began to settle down in
1969, he joined the then ECN,
now PHCN as a footballer. Sam
mesmerized his opponents on
the pitch of play at his pace that
earned him the name
Locomotiv, which he later
adapted as Loco.
He was certainly not a man who
had interest in long names as
even Efeimwonkiekie was
abbreviated to Efe, which gave
many, the impression that he
was of Delta origin.
The veteran actor who became
famous for movies like 'Final
World Cup', 'Long John and
'Ukwa' died on August 7, 2011.