Iyabo Oko Died Of Ischemic Stroke-Daughter
It has been revealed that 61-year-old Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odukanwi (popularly known as Iyabo Oko), died of complications arising from ischemic stroke.
One of the daughters of the deceased, identified as Olamide, disclosed that her mother died, some five years after she had been diagnosed of ischemic stroke.
An ischemic stroke happens when blood flow through the artery that supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain becomes blocked.
Blood clots often cause the blockages that lead to ischemic strokes and during an ischemic stroke, arteries to the brain get blocked or become narrowed by a blood clot.
Ischemic strokes can be classified as either thrombotic or embolic, depending on where the blood clot forms. In a thrombotic stroke, a blood clot forms in an artery that carries blood to your brain.
Iyabo Oko, the popular actress in the Yoruba genre of the Nigerian acting industry was reported dead on Wednesday evening, after a long period of illness.
Fellow actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, confirmed her death via her Instagram handle, folukedaramolasalako, late Wednesday evening
“and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko. We did our best but God knows best,” Foluke Daramola wrote.
Her illness made her to take a break from the movie industry and she was, for several months, forced out of stage before her eventual demise.
The late Iyabo Oko was born on 15 November, 1960 in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State. She featured in several movies with hilarious names, including “Iyabo Oko” “Apoti Aje” and “Sisi Mama”, among several others.
