Onyeka Onwenu: We tried to revive late singer — Actress Joke Silva
By Kachi Ekile
Veteran Nollywood actress Joke Silva has revealed how efforts were made to revive the late iconic singer Onyeka Onwenu following her collapse.
Speaking on her last moments with Onyeka Onwenu in a chat with media personality WithChude, Joke Silva disclosed that Shola Momoh observed that the artiste was not well the day she died.
Onyeka Onwenu breathed her last in July 2024 after collapsing at the 80th birthday party of CEO of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Stella Okolie. She was buried on August 30 at the Ebony Vaults in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to Joke Silva, CPR was performed on the artiste while she was on the floor and doctors were called to have a look at her.
“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. Later on, I went to the hospital. And she was there for about one and half hours before she finally passed,” Joke Silva narrated.
