Aproko247 has confirmed that veteran actress in the Nigerian movie industry, Mrs Veronica Njoku, otherwise known as Ramota in the defunct New Masquerade, is dead.

A colleague of the actress, Tony Akposheri, who played the role of Zaccheus in the TV series that dominated the airwaves in the 80s and late 90s, confirmed the news of Ramota’s death to a correspondent of Aproko247 in Lagos.

“Yes, it is true that Veronica Njoku is dead,” the veteran actor told us on Wednesday morning when he was contacted on phone.

According to our findings, Mrs Veronica Njoku breathed her last on Tuesday morning in Lagos.

The news of Ramota’s death was first announced by a media personality, Precious Eze, who took to his Facebook page to reveal this.