UPDATE: Gospel Singer And ‘Wellu Wellu’ Crooner Sammie Okposo Is Dead? – Buchi, Frank Edward, And Righteousman Make Revelation

UPDATE: Gospel Singer And ‘Wellu Wellu’ Crooner Sammie Okposo Is Dead? – Buchi, Frank Edward, And Righteousman Make Revelation

Nigerian gospel singer Sammie Okposo is dead! He was aged 51.

Details of his death remain sketchy but close associates including singer Buchi Atuonwu simply known as Buchi told Channels Television that he died on Friday in Abuja.

Alos Confirming the death, his colleague, Frank Edward took to Instagram to mourn the loss of the music icon.

He wrote, “What did I just hear!!! uncle Sammie .”

His colleague, Righteousman, who appears to be in shock, called his death a tragedy. He also stated that the Welu Welu singer collapsed last week after returning from his praise party concert in the United Kingdom and was treated for exhaustion.

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Sammie was scheduled to minister alongside Eben, Chuks Praise, Joy Favour, and Victor Edit at the Outpouring Assembly International in Calabar from November 25 to 27.

In 2020, the singer described how he survived a car accident on Lagos’ Third Mainland Bridge.

Okposo, one of Nigeria’s most decorated gospel musicians, was recently embroiled in an infidelity scandal. The singer later apologized but later deleted the message from Instagram.

“I was not going to post this because I had already thanked, praised, and worshiped God for delivering me from death Saturday, May 16, 2020, but this is something to brag about and testify of the miracle-working power of God I have a very big God who is always by my side to deliver me,” he wrote on Instagram as of then.

“The image you see is my car propeller shaft that pulled off while I was in motion. Just before it happened, I was doing 100/120 kph on the 3rd Mainland bridge connecting to CMS and then to Surulere my destination,” he added. 

“As I was driving, suddenly I heard a voice ‘slow down’ so immediately I reduced my speed to 60kph, 10 seconds after reducing my speed from 120mph to 60mph the propeller shaft of my car pulled off with a loud noise.”

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