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Veteran Nollywood actress and associate pastor of the Fresh Oil
Ministry International Church, Lagos, Eucharia Anunobi lost her only
child, Raymond Ekwu to sickle cell Anemia yesterday.
The young man was said to have died early yesterday morning from complications associated with the disorder
Speaking to NetNG on the phone, the actress said her son had passed to be with Jesus. She said:
‘My
son has gone to our place of origin (heaven) to be with our daddy
Jesus, waiting for me when I eventually go there at the fullness of
time.
Asked about how she felt, the evangelist said: “God knows best.”

Raymond was actress Eucharia Anunobi’s only son. He was the product of her troubled marriage to ex-husband Charles Ekwu.
Eucharia’s
marriage to Raymond’s father, Charles, from 2000-2009 ended in a messy
divorce that saw the actress slam her husband with a N100 million
lawsuit in 2010.
This
is the second time that Eucharia, who recently returned to Nollywood
after almost a decade break, has lost a loved one in less than three
years. In 2015, her dad, Pa Felix Anunobi, died after a brief illness.
Her son, Raymond had been battling with sickle cell anaemia till his eventual death at the age of 15.
Eucharia
married Charles Ekwu in 2000 and the marriage lasted till 2006 before
trouble set in. Eucharia moved out of her matrimonial home and accused
her husband Charles Ekwu of infidelity, among other allegations.
In
2007, many were shocked when the actress dragged Charles to court,
claiming that she caught him sleeping with their housemaid. She went on
to demand a N100m divorce settlement from him on the grounds of
abandonment, irresponsibility and assault.
In her evidence, she
also accused Charles and told the court how he beat her up several
times, how he had refused to take care of their son Raymond, in spite of
his health condition and how she had been the one footing the bills for
the boy’s treatment since their relationship packed up.
On one
occasion,Eucharia said in an interview when asked how she coped with
taking care of her boy all alone without any form of assistance from his
father:
“The Lord has been sustaining me as a single
parent. I don’t think about it. All I know is that God created me and
the child that He has given to me. So, God will provide whatever that I
need.”
May Raymond’s soul rest in perfect peace.
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