Veteran Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie, has fumed over the recurring purported death rumours of her colleague, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw.
Naija News reports that Rita, in a post via her Instagram page, said she had recently encountered rumours of Pawpaw’s death twice.
She expressed displeasure that some fans believed the fake news and mourned Osita in the comment section of the social media post.
The thespian also recalled how such news was erroneously reported about her, noting that a photo of her on a movie set was used to spread the false information.
The actress further expressed concern about the excessive amount of fake news regarding the deaths of actors, adding that the abuse of social media is getting out of hand.
She wrote, “This rumour has come up before. A couple of days ago, it came up for the second time, pictures of my great son and veteran colleague, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw trended everywhere on social media with captions that they were dead. Crazy netizens believed the fake gist and began commenting RIP on themselves.
“I have said it before, and I’m saying it again: social media has literally done more harm than good to society. It has also been a constant source of enrichment for most Nigerian youths in the country, but the abuse is getting out of hand.”