Omoni Oboli narrated the harrowing experience of seeing the lifeless body of her dad, at the morgue in Benin City
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nollywood Actress and filmmaker, Omoni Oboli, has narrated the traumatic experience she went through after losing her dad in a car crash in 2017.
She made the revelation in an interview with Media personality, Chude Jideonwo, as she broke down in tears while recounting her moments with her father at the morgue.
According to Omini Oboli, the experience of seeing the lifeless body of her dad was quite traumatizing for her, saying her world crumbled immediately after.
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Describing her late dad as the life of the party, she was unable to comprehend how such a bubbly person can no longer speak.
“When my dad passed and it was like my world just literally crumbled. It crumbled. So I made arrangements to go, the next day I flew into Benin, drove there. So, of course, I went to see him at the morgue.
“Have you ever seen a dead body? You just know, you just know that they’re no more there. Because it’s so empty, it’s a shell.
“I saw my dad, I saw my mom, and you just know that the person that you know and love is gone and that it’s just a shell. And then I looked at him. and said, ‘Mobility, how could you do this to me?’
“My dad’s nickname is ‘Mobility’ because he’s the life of the party. I just kept thinking, what am I going to do? How am I ever going to get back from this?” she said?
Omoni Oboli studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine in 2009, Anchor Baby in 2010, Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady and Wives on Strike in 2016.
