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‘She gasped for breath, her legs stiff’ — Allwell Ademola’s neighbour narrates how she died

A neighbour of the late Nollywood actress Allwell Ademola has provided details of the frantic efforts to save her life before she passed away.

Ademola, 49, died late December after suffering a heart attack at her residence. She was buried in Lagos on January 9.

In a recent interview on Talk2B podcast, the neighbour — who asked not to be named — described the desperate scramble that began with an alarming phone call from the actress.

The lady, who sensed something was wrong from the tone of the call, said she quickly gathered her husband, her son, and her daughter’s friend and rushed to Ademola’s apartment. They found her door locked.

“She didn’t open at first because she was naked and gasping for breath,” the neighbour recalled.

She said after persistent knocking, Ademola eventually managed to unlock the door.

The woman disclosed that inside the house, they found the actress in severe distress. In a desperate attempt to revive her, they gave her an energy drink.

She added that after realising the gravity of the situation, they decided to rush her to the hospital.

“The rain was heavy, yes. I had to quickly run out to look for other hands because we had tried to put her in the car. But when we got her up, she couldn’t move her legs,” she said.

“It was when I noticed she could not move her legs again that I knew that there was danger. I knew there was, because I had a friend who passed like that. I was the one driving, and my daughter’s friend was with us.

“I started calling for help. People were not around. I ran to the other street. Fortunately, I met two or three other people. I was saying, please leave her. It was so unfortunate that they could not still carry her.”

She said the journey to the hospital was fraught with tension. Unbeknownst to them, Ademola had already passed away in the car during the trip.

“When we got to the hospital, it was so hard to bring her out of the car. They brought her in and started to resuscitate her, but after a couple of hours, we were told she had passed,” she said.

“At the time, we felt she was all right. That was why they took her into the hospital. We were so hopeful. I was so hopeful. I felt her at rest, you know?

“We were very hopeful. They said they were taking her in. And I felt, ah, that means all is well. Only for them to let us know that she had passed, which was a very painful moment.”