”Mum battled cancer, cerebral malaria & hypertension” Bukky Ajayi’s Children Reveal

New reports about the life and last moments of the late veteran actress, Bukky Ajayi who passed away on the 6th of July, 2016, at age 82, have been revealed.

When the sad news of her death broke, it was a shock to many but not one too difficult to understand given that the legendary thespian has been battling ill-health for some time.

As a Muslim, she was buried the same day she died. According to a source who confided in Potpourri said she gave the instruction that she should be buried same day she dies.

But she wasn’t born a Muslim, she converted to Islam in 1965 and adopted the name ‘Zainab‘, Vanguard reports.

After her death, there has been nothing but ovation for the late actress as the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN declared a two-day mourning.

Speaking of how she died: Her last moments

According to Claudius Akinwade Peter-Thomas, a musician and second son of the deceased: “There aren’t enough words to quantify Mama. She was an independent woman who shouldered the responsibility of raising three lions (sons) without raising her brows.

“I see her as a lioness. She was also able to combine and manage her situation (single motherhood) and her career.  She was a good planner. To that effect, my elder brother is nine years older than me, and I am 11 years older than my younger brother.

“A good planner she was. Despite being in the public glare, she ensured her private life remained private. Many of my friends didn’t know I was the daughter of the popular actress.

This is not because she wasn’t proud of her children, but because she was able to draw the line between her career and her family. People relate with me as Raz CPT and not the daughter of a celebrity, so to say.

“Mummy has been struggling with her health, she had cancer of the breast, diabetes and was also hypertensive.”