Veteran Nigerian actress, Joke Silva has kicked against the rumour that her husband and veteran actor, Olu Jacobs is dead.

The ace actress made this known during an exclusive interview with Punch. Speaking to the punch Joke Silva said that her husband is alive, hale and hearty.

In her words;

“Don’t mind them, they’re just talking rubbish; don’t disturb your head. He is in the living room right now about to have Eba and Ogbono soup. Let them keep deceiving themselves. He is hale and hearty.”

Rumours spread on social media on Tuesday that Jacobs had died after a brief illness. Several Nigerians had started panicking and sending condolences to the actor’s family.

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The 79-year-old made headlines in 2020 after he was rumoured to be dead.

Actress Lala Akindoju who is quite close to Jacobs and his wife, Joke, however, debunked the rumour in a Twitter post saying that she spoke with the man and he was “alive and well”.

A star of several film, TV and theatre productions, Olu Jacobs has been off the acting scene for a while due to age.