THE NATION
Veteran actress, Joke Silva, has shared her account of the last moments she spent with the late singer, Onyeka Onwenu.
In an interview with WithChude, Silva described the events that unfolded at the 80th birthday party of Stella Okolie, where Onwenu collapsed and later passed away.
Silva revealed that she and Onwenu were seated at the same table and had even shared a dance moment during Onwenu’s performance of “One Love”.
After returning to their seats, Silva noticed Onwenu slump in her chair, unconscious but still with a pulse.
According to her, efforts were made to revive Onwenu, including CPR and attention from doctors present at the party.
She said: “We were at the party together at the same table. At some point when she was going around the room during her performance, she came to me and pulled me up, and we had a bit of a twirl.
“She was singing ‘One Love’ and close to the (end of the) song we both went back to our seats. And it was when I looked across that I heard Shola Momoh saying ‘she’s not well, she slumped on her chair’. But then she was just unconscious. She had a pulse.
“CPR was performed while she was laid down on the floor. We tried to revive her. We asked for doctors in the house to come and look at her and they did.
