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Temitope Osoba repeatedly predicted her death, family recounts last moment

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  • The family of late Nollywood actress Temitope Osoba has recounted her final moments, stating she repeatedly predicted her death.
  • Her aunt revealed Osoba claimed her fiancé, Prophet Itunu Onadeko, told her she would die on the day she passed away, amid controversy over her death circumstances.
  • The actress had been estranged from her family after leaving a hospital with her fiancé in 2023, and later alleged humiliation and abuse against him.

The family of late Nollywood actress Temitope Osoba has shared harrowing details of her final moments, revealing that the actress repeatedly expressed premonitions of her own death.

When she called me that she was going to die that day, although we were not on good terms after she left Evercare Hospital in Lekki with her fiancé, Prophet Itunu Onadeko, and actress Foluke Daramola in 2023.

— Pejuola OgunesanOsoba's maternal aunt recounting the estrangement and the actress's premonition of death.

According to her maternal aunt, Pejuola Ogunesan, Osoba told her at a police station that her fiancé, Prophet Itunu Onadeko, had informed her that she would die on the very day she passed away. This revelation emerges amidst ongoing controversy surrounding the circumstances of the actress's death, with Onadeko having previously offered his account.

She had told them that she didn’t want to see us because we collected her phone when she was supposed to focus on the surgery for her breast cancer.

— Pejuola OgunesanExplaining the reason for the estrangement between Osoba and her family.

Ogunesan disclosed that she and Osoba had been estranged since 2023, when the actress left Evercare Hospital in Lekki with her fiancé and another actress, Foluke Daramola, while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Osoba had reportedly accused her family of confiscating her phone while she was preparing for surgery, leading her to block them. "When she called me that she was going to die that day, although we were not on good terms after she left Evercare Hospital in Lekki with her fiancé, Prophet Itunu Onadeko, and actress Foluke Daramola in 2023," Ogunesan recounted.

Now that Aunty Peju is here, she would die. She mentioned that the fiancé had told her that they would post her obituary that day.

— Pejuola OgunesanRecounting Osoba's specific prediction of her death, linking it to her fiancé's statement.

Ogunesan further alleged that Osoba jumped out of a vehicle after traffic officials stopped a car ahead of them. The actress reportedly told an official that she did not know where she was being taken and insisted on being brought to a police station. The aunt claimed Osoba later told her she had been humiliated and abused, making several allegations against Onadeko, including that he had multiple relationships with women and had asked her to leave his home and pretend they had broken up for two months.

She did not know where they were taking her and insisted that they should be taken to a police station.

— Pejuola OgunesanDescribing Osoba's actions after her vehicle was stopped by traffic officials.
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