Kaduna-born actress and Television presenter, Rachel Bakam,
is dead.
She died after a brief illness. She was 38 years old.
She died on Tuesday at a private hospital in Abuja and tributes
have flooded her social media pages.
Bakam was the CEO and Managing Director of Rayzeds Media
Ltd, Founder & President of the Nigerian Water Ski And Wakeboard Federation
(NWWF).
Reacting to the tragic news, Chocolate City Founder, Audu
Maikori wrote:
“The last chat I had with Rachel Bakam was on the 1st of
April 2021. She said ‘I just received bad and troubling news, I am speechless’
I asked her what happened- clearly alarmed and she replied ‘its April fools day
bro! LOL’ and my fear turned into a smile.
“She then proceeded to tell me about her latest fundraising
drive to empower Southern Kaduna women in the rural areas by providing seed
money and equipment for them.
“We chatted a little more about it and signed off. Little
did I know that lest than 2 weeks later I wold be the one who received the “bad
and troubling news” of her death!!
“Rachel was a very inspiring woman, sister and mother-
always had a smile, always positive and very very clear about her goals. I met
her probably 17 years ago in Kaduna through a mutual friend and later on with
her then husband Israel Edjeren. More recently, we were in the same Kaduna
Creative group where we mentor, support and share opportunities for empowerment
– and she was always very active, passionate about any project concerning
Southern Kaduna and Kaduna state as a whole- but with a keen focus on helping
the less privileged and the displaced refugees across the country.
“The lady was always so busy I even used to wonder when she
ever got to rest with her packed schedule!
“There have ben quite a few deaths recently, but this one
hit me hard!!! It hit us all very very hard cos we lost a true gem, the space
she occupied, not many can fill today because she had a special flair about
what she did and that flair was driven by her passion for her people. She will
be dearly missed by us all.”
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