By Felicia Odom 9.8.2026
Nollywood actress Temitope Osoba did not die of cancer as widely reported, her fiancé Prophet Itunu Onadeko has claimed.
According to Prophet Onadeko who was speaking during an interview with the Celestial Reality Check a programme by the Celestial Church Christ, Temitope Osoba died in a police station in Ikorodu, Lagos. He also dismissed speculations that suffered a lot of ill treatment from her folks and died of poison.
“It was a random person that called me around 12 am that she died in a police station in Ikorodu,” Onadeko who is who is the Shepherd-in-charge of CCC Onibuore Cathedral, Bogije, Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, continued.
“Although I don’t know the police station she died but I reported myself in a nearby one.
He maintained that before her death Temitope who died on August 5 at 40 was hale and hearty and had gone to see one Mrs Kehinde Osoba.
“She had insisted to see Mrs Kehinde Osoba, she also has a church, although she said she wanted to see me too. When they left for there, I told them that I wasn’t chanced to go that day because of church programmes.
“The hairdresser that Tope was sleeping in her place was the person that went with her. We maintained communication and she even posted ‘Ogo tun tun’ until I heard that she died in the police station,” he said.
Onadeko stated that Temitope Osoba had won the battle against cancer after undergoing surgery.
The prophet also dismissed the allegation that Osoba drank poison before her death.
She is set to be laid to rest on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at Iperu Remo, Ogun State, while the public remain eager to know the cause of her death.