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MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Triton1996(m): 1:36pm On May 17, 2023
MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, Fingered In Veteran Actor, Saint Obi’s Death

TRIXX NG reports that Nigerian Tech-Commercial expert and the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at MTN Nigeria PLC, Lynda Saint-Nwafor has been fingered in the death of her ex-husband, Saint Obi, who is also a veteran actor.

In a revelation by a veteran actor, Zik Zulu Okafor, it was revealed that some of the thing that led to the illness of Saint Obi was caused by his ex-wife, Lynda Saint-Nwafor who allegedly maltreated him to the extent of keeping his children away from him.

In the lengthy revelation, Lynda Saint-Nwafor was accused of using her influence against Saint Obi and when her family members attacked the deceased actor, she supported them.
Read statement below

“His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition.His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool.
His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies; heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life.

“Saint Obi, real name, Obinna Nwafor, was shy, almost bordering on timidity and insecurity. He cherished the pleasantly tranquil interactions among a few friends. He would vanish at any outburst that could upset the poise of such small meetings. As he repeatedly told me, he just wanted to live a cool, quiet and fulfilled life. But, has he lived this cool and fulfilled life he envisioned ? I have my doubts.

“I tell Saint’s story here with painful tears in my eyes; because he was a star, a super star whose life turned out a gleam of irony . Yet, it was this stardom that fetched him his much professed financially strong and powerful wife . And their wedding, that solemn ritual of love, would drastically alter the cause of his life and tragically yank him off the creative community that threw him up for the wife to capture and indeed
conquer.

“Their marriage was at best a dramatisation of love. It was quick. He barely told us that he found a wife. Then, the marriage happened. It was something of a mystique, only those involved understood the histrionics that played out . None of us who were his closest pals, who walked with him through the crucible to the crest of his career in Nollywood, was invited. The distance between us and the guy I admirably called Saint of the Storm had begun. This gulf would widen with each year. We saw him perhaps once in a year after this marriage.

“And life actually seemed to have given him a fair shake of the dice. He dressed well, drove big cars and even his skin, in literal lingo, spelt wellness.

“The Saint would be blessed with three beautiful children. But not one occasion were his friends in Nollywood invited for christening or birthday. We were told that his wife was of the topmost hierarchy in telecom giant, MTN . But even if their celebrations were designed to be a rendezvous of the elites of the technocracies that his wife chiefly belonged, you expected that Saint would reach out to a few of his fellow creatives, for even if they would herald his small beginnings, there could be no tinge of shame to it because we all have our journeys and our stories. And even at that, the actor or cineaste in Nollywood is by no means poor.

“But more tragic is the fact that his marriage did not only take away Obinna from his friends, it took him away from Nollywood. Saint stopped acting, absconded from his career and perhaps his calling.

“It would seem prognostic now. Yes, because I recall leaving my house in Lagos Mainland for his massive office in Lekki, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was about six years ago. There, I demanded to know why my friend abandoned our industry. He told me with his usual shy expressions that he wanted to focus on some other businesses and also to work behind the camera. Because his visage was unconvincing to me, I told him in stark terms, that whatever his new vision and pursuits, he must not abandon the trade that made him who he was.

“It took another three years for Saint to return to his homies. But when he did, some of the deeply disappointed ones sniggered behind him.
This was because the simmering rumours of cracks in his marriage had hit home. And though secretive in his ways, he knew it was time to open up. And he did. “I do not know why my wife’s siblings see me as a gold digger. They confront me, harass and fight me in my own matrimony. And my wife did nothing to stop them. I work hard, I earn my money. I have never depended on my wife”, he lamented, eyes blurred with tears. You could tell he was in deep pain. By the next visit, the Saint returned with a deep cut from knife on his left eye. His wife’s brothers, he said, scaled the wall fence of their house to attack him. They were captured by hidden closed-circuit television, CCTV, installed for surveillance and security, he revealed.

“He reported them at the police station and subsequently acquired a gun to defend himself. This effectively marked the beginning of the end of his marriage and perhaps Saint Obi’s long walk to a sad end. He moved out of his marital home to a new house to begin the reconstruction of his destiny, alone without his wife and worse still without his three beautiful children.

“Meanwhile, his wife went to the police to defend her siblings using her financial power to manipulate the cause of justice, Saint stated unequivocally. The wife also sued for divorce, not in Lagos, but in Ogun state. As Saint put it, “It was to make the journey difficult for me. But I will not bend neither will I break. I will fight with my last blood to take custody of my children. They love me and they know it will be hard for me to live without them.The divorce is not an issue. My marriage has long been over”, he said with a mix of courage and a quaky heart that betrayed his distress.

“About mid last year, however, Obinna took ill. But he told no one. He simply became scarce. He was in and out of hospital, we would later learn. He sold two of his three big SUVs to take proper care of his health and to acquire six camry cars he’d use for Uber. But his vanishing health continued unabated. He seemed to have a premonition of his own passing as he wept repeatedly about not seeing his children. He emaciated. Life took a grim picture. When I saw him by chance in January 2023, the dude called Saint looked 15 years older than his age. His macho cut had shrunk. His fat wallet was gone. What was left was only his fat will. His eyes seemed lost in their socket. This would be the last time I would see him.

“Saint snuck out of Lagos to hang in with his sister in Jos. He told no one. But a month ago, in April precisely, the once delightful actor who brought joy to many a home broke his icy silence. He called our mutual friend in US to give him a devastating message. He was on a deathbed, he said and wanted our friend to pray for him. “It’s not looking good, pray, pray for me”, he appealed passionately.

“His next call came on May 1, 2023. This time to his mentor, the man who made him a star with his productions, Zeb Ejiro, OON. He told him with a wavering voice that he had had three surgeries but was still in hospital in Jos. He averred again that his situation was not looking good, that he is also in a deep pain, distressed that he could not see his children. But still he begged him not to tell anyone about his ailment. Such was the life of this creative hermit, a lonely trouper. I was the first to hear the news of his death late on Sunday, May 7. Having confirmed it, I called Zeb Ejiro.

“I have a very bad news my brother, Zeb”, I began.“What is it, what is it, Zik Zulu?”, he asked anxiously. “A big star has fallen in Nollywood”. Zeb broke down in tears. I hadn’t said who it was. But sobbing helplessly now, he said, “Don’t tell me it is Saint Obi”. Sadly, Zeb was right. May his soul find peace.”

https://trixxng.com/mtn-top-executive-lynda-saint-nwafor-fingered-in-veteran-actor-saint-obis-death/

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by suckmedownthere(f): 1:49pm On May 17, 2023
Women can take advantage of a nice and quiet men.......

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Emmanuel909090: 4:29pm On May 17, 2023
suckmedownthere:
Women can take advantage of a nice and quiet men.......

Wisdom Encrypted. But they will claim victims.

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Dingdongbells(m): 5:06pm On May 17, 2023
Another man down. RIP to Saint Obi. He married his enemy. Fear women and fear those who no fear women. Kpekus destroying mm en since Adam and Eve. Very wicked of her to keep his children away from him. She suppos collect wotowoto if she show for the burial.

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by jclassiq(m): 5:19pm On May 17, 2023
suckmedownthere:
Women can take advantage of a nice and quiet men.......
Not me. No one would ever do that.

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by LikeAking: 5:30pm On May 17, 2023
The wages o simping is death...

Him for no leave acting no matter what...

Na gold digging kill am...

No woman value a jobless man..
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by zoedew: 5:57pm On May 17, 2023
Most unfair to the woman. Unwise to tell the story of a couple whose history cannot be fully known by a third party.

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by simplepee(f): 6:30pm On May 17, 2023
Quickest way to die = Bad spouse.
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Depriest2020: 9:53pm On May 17, 2023
Be mindful of the "Danger's of one sided story"
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by XAUBulls: 12:55am On May 18, 2023
Triton1996:

MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, Fingered In Veteran Actor, Saint Obi’s Death

TRIXX NG reports that Nigerian Tech-Commercial expert and the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at MTN Nigeria PLC, Lynda Saint-Nwafor has been fingered in the death of her ex-husband, Saint Obi, who is also a veteran actor.

In a revelation by a veteran actor, Zik Zulu Okafor, it was revealed that some of the thing that led to the illness of Saint Obi was caused by his ex-wife, Lynda Saint-Nwafor who allegedly maltreated him to the extent of keeping his children away from him.

In the lengthy revelation, Lynda Saint-Nwafor was accused of using her influence against Saint Obi and when her family members attacked the deceased actor, she supported them.
Read statement below

“His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition.His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool.
His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies; heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life.

“Saint Obi, real name, Obinna Nwafor, was shy, almost bordering on timidity and insecurity. He cherished the pleasantly tranquil interactions among a few friends. He would vanish at any outburst that could upset the poise of such small meetings. As he repeatedly told me, he just wanted to live a cool, quiet and fulfilled life. But, has he lived this cool and fulfilled life he envisioned ? I have my doubts.

“I tell Saint’s story here with painful tears in my eyes; because he was a star, a super star whose life turned out a gleam of irony . Yet, it was this stardom that fetched him his much professed financially strong and powerful wife . And their wedding, that solemn ritual of love, would drastically alter the cause of his life and tragically yank him off the creative community that threw him up for the wife to capture and indeed
conquer.

“Their marriage was at best a dramatisation of love. It was quick. He barely told us that he found a wife. Then, the marriage happened. It was something of a mystique, only those involved understood the histrionics that played out . None of us who were his closest pals, who walked with him through the crucible to the crest of his career in Nollywood, was invited. The distance between us and the guy I admirably called Saint of the Storm had begun. This gulf would widen with each year. We saw him perhaps once in a year after this marriage.

“And life actually seemed to have given him a fair shake of the dice. He dressed well, drove big cars and even his skin, in literal lingo, spelt wellness.

“The Saint would be blessed with three beautiful children. But not one occasion were his friends in Nollywood invited for christening or birthday. We were told that his wife was of the topmost hierarchy in telecom giant, MTN . But even if their celebrations were designed to be a rendezvous of the elites of the technocracies that his wife chiefly belonged, you expected that Saint would reach out to a few of his fellow creatives, for even if they would herald his small beginnings, there could be no tinge of shame to it because we all have our journeys and our stories. And even at that, the actor or cineaste in Nollywood is by no means poor.

“But more tragic is the fact that his marriage did not only take away Obinna from his friends, it took him away from Nollywood. Saint stopped acting, absconded from his career and perhaps his calling.

“It would seem prognostic now. Yes, because I recall leaving my house in Lagos Mainland for his massive office in Lekki, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was about six years ago. There, I demanded to know why my friend abandoned our industry. He told me with his usual shy expressions that he wanted to focus on some other businesses and also to work behind the camera. Because his visage was unconvincing to me, I told him in stark terms, that whatever his new vision and pursuits, he must not abandon the trade that made him who he was.

“It took another three years for Saint to return to his homies. But when he did, some of the deeply disappointed ones sniggered behind him.
This was because the simmering rumours of cracks in his marriage had hit home. And though secretive in his ways, he knew it was time to open up. And he did. “I do not know why my wife’s siblings see me as a gold digger. They confront me, harass and fight me in my own matrimony. And my wife did nothing to stop them. I work hard, I earn my money. I have never depended on my wife”, he lamented, eyes blurred with tears. You could tell he was in deep pain. By the next visit, the Saint returned with a deep cut from knife on his left eye. His wife’s brothers, he said, scaled the wall fence of their house to attack him. They were captured by hidden closed-circuit television, CCTV, installed for surveillance and security, he revealed.

“He reported them at the police station and subsequently acquired a gun to defend himself. This effectively marked the beginning of the end of his marriage and perhaps Saint Obi’s long walk to a sad end. He moved out of his marital home to a new house to begin the reconstruction of his destiny, alone without his wife and worse still without his three beautiful children.

“Meanwhile, his wife went to the police to defend her siblings using her financial power to manipulate the cause of justice, Saint stated unequivocally. The wife also sued for divorce, not in Lagos, but in Ogun state. As Saint put it, “It was to make the journey difficult for me. But I will not bend neither will I break. I will fight with my last blood to take custody of my children. They love me and they know it will be hard for me to live without them.The divorce is not an issue. My marriage has long been over”, he said with a mix of courage and a quaky heart that betrayed his distress.

“About mid last year, however, Obinna took ill. But he told no one. He simply became scarce. He was in and out of hospital, we would later learn. He sold two of his three big SUVs to take proper care of his health and to acquire six camry cars he’d use for Uber. But his vanishing health continued unabated. He seemed to have a premonition of his own passing as he wept repeatedly about not seeing his children. He emaciated. Life took a grim picture. When I saw him by chance in January 2023, the dude called Saint looked 15 years older than his age. His macho cut had shrunk. His fat wallet was gone. What was left was only his fat will. His eyes seemed lost in their socket. This would be the last time I would see him.

“Saint snuck out of Lagos to hang in with his sister in Jos. He told no one. But a month ago, in April precisely, the once delightful actor who brought joy to many a home broke his icy silence. He called our mutual friend in US to give him a devastating message. He was on a deathbed, he said and wanted our friend to pray for him. “It’s not looking good, pray, pray for me”, he appealed passionately.

“His next call came on May 1, 2023. This time to his mentor, the man who made him a star with his productions, Zeb Ejiro, OON. He told him with a wavering voice that he had had three surgeries but was still in hospital in Jos. He averred again that his situation was not looking good, that he is also in a deep pain, distressed that he could not see his children. But still he begged him not to tell anyone about his ailment. Such was the life of this creative hermit, a lonely trouper. I was the first to hear the news of his death late on Sunday, May 7. Having confirmed it, I called Zeb Ejiro.

“I have a very bad news my brother, Zeb”, I began.“What is it, what is it, Zik Zulu?”, he asked anxiously. “A big star has fallen in Nollywood”. Zeb broke down in tears. I hadn’t said who it was. But sobbing helplessly now, he said, “Don’t tell me it is Saint Obi”. Sadly, Zeb was right. May his soul find peace.”

https://trixxng.com/mtn-top-executive-lynda-saint-nwafor-fingered-in-veteran-actor-saint-obis-death/
Insightful. He should have been more outspoken about his health status and folks would have rallied round to raise more funds for him.

On the other hand, Lekki is NOT part of Victoria Island as indicated in the post though.

Lekki is a Peninsula NOT an Island.
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Iamicekid(m): 5:07am On May 18, 2023
This is what will people say people always end up, if u are unhappy in a relationship end it quick no dey patch nonsense up all it the name of not every relationships is perfect, yes no be all relationships dey perfect but the one wey dey Bleep with ur peace of mind and happiness is meant to be let go, even if kids are involved, let go quickly find ur happiness back first then u guys will now talk of custody of the kids later, trying to hold things up always end up more bad and damaging than it originally suppose be

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Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Soylife(m): 7:54am On May 18, 2023
Fear women,if only guys would begin to understand how manipulative and destructive women are,all this will be avoided. It is a pity we have weak simps littered everywhere who will sniff a woman's pant to please her.
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Baronthecelebri: 8:13am On May 18, 2023
He was a SIMPle man, that's why he's Dead
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by ednut1(m): 9:12am On May 18, 2023
undecided

Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by freemanq(m): 1:18pm On May 18, 2023
Her eyes don clear now
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Exceed15: 5:20pm On Jun 10, 2023
The day your wife's siblings disrespect you and your do nothing about it end the marriage. It's a matter of time, you will die in that marriage. Don't fall victim.
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Exceed15: 5:21pm On Jun 10, 2023
Baronthecelebri:
He was a SIMPle man, that's why he's Dead

I agree with you bro. Don't be too Nice.
Re: MTN Top Executive, Lynda Saint-nwafor, Fingered In Actor, Saint Obi’s Death by Exceed15: 5:25pm On Jun 10, 2023
Iamicekid:
This is what will people say people always end up, if u are unhappy in a relationship end it quick no dey patch nonsense up all it the name of not every relationships is perfect, yes no be all relationships dey perfect but the one wey dey Bleep with ur peace of mind and happiness is meant to be let go, even if kids are involved, let go quickly find ur happiness back first then u guys will now talk of custody of the kids later, trying to hold things up always end up more bad and damaging than it originally suppose be

God bless u bro. Marriage shouldn't end anybody's life. If I was saint obi I would have left the marriage since, get a younger fresh respectful lady and enjoy myself. As for the kids, they will find their to me someday.

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