Veteran filmmaker, Chief Eddie Ugbomah is dying. He is critically ill and needs urgent medical attention. Family sources told us that he has been ill for months now and he cannot afford his medical bills.

For those who don’t know, the film director and producer, produced films such as the Rise and Fall of Oyenusi in 1979, The Boy is Good and Apalara.

Ugbomah is a native of Aboh in Ndokwa East Local Government of Delta State. He grew up in the Obalende and Lafiaji area of Lagos. He was educated at St Matthias, Lafiaji, Lagos and City College school. He travelled to London for his college education and attended various colleges studying journalism, drama and later film.

After studies, he worked with BBC and also played minor roles in Dr.No, Guns at Batasi and Sharpeville Massacre. He was a member of an Afro-Caribbean drama group and directed some of the group’s plays such as This is Our Chance, play staged at the Stoke Newington Theatre Hall. He returned to Nigeria in 1975 and was involved in concert promotion before starting Edifosa, a film production company.