‘She was a dear friend’ -Fani Kayode pens down touching note to late actress, Rachel Bakam

Femi Fani-Kayode mourna late TV personality and actress, Rachel Bakam who died after a brief illness on Tuesday.

60-year-old David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode, is a Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Fani-Kayode via social media revealed the late actress, Bakam was a regular guest at his Abuja home, noting that she was compassionate, highly talented and a dear friend.

“I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of the beautiful Rachael Bakam who was a regular guest at my Abuja home with my brother John Fashanu. She was a dear friend, a kind-hearted, compassionate & wonderful soul & a highly talented television presenter & personality,” he wrote. She was also a great source of pride to her native Kaduna state and to Nigeria and she brought smiles to the faces of millions all over the country with her weekly programme on AIT. I and many others shall miss her. May her beautiful soul rest in peace and may God grant her loved ones, her siblings and her son the strength and fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”

Rachel Bakam was a Nigerian actress, writer, TV presenter and producer, and an anti-human trafficking ambassador. She died on Tuesday after a brief illness and left behind to mourn her are a son, mother, three brothers and many relations. May her soul rest in peace!