Fans react to 2014 photo of Alex Ekubo and Tope Osoba after both stars died of cancer at 40 in 2026

• Alex Ekubo's 2014 social media post featuring fellow Nollywood actor Temitope Osoba sparked emotional reactions from fans has resurfaced online, following the deaths of both actors at the age of 40.

• A 2014 photo shared by late actor Alex Ekubo with Temitope Osoba has resurfaced online after both Nollywood stars died at age 40, prompting emotional reactions from fans.

• Fans have reacted to an old social media post showing Alex Ekubo and Temitope Osoba on a movie set years before their deaths following separate battles with cancer.

The resurfaced post captured a moment between Alex Ekubo and Temitope Osoba in 2014, with fans reflecting on the tragic coincidence surrounding both actors’ deaths at 40.

Ekubo shared the photo on X on June 28, 2014, showing himself and Osoba on the set of a Yoruba film. He captioned the post, "Shooting a Yoruba Movie, i'm super Excited about this one, working with this amazing talent Tope Osoba."

The post attracted attention when it was first shared, with some fans asking whether Ekubo could speak Yoruba. The actor had replied that the language was easy for him.

More than a decade later, the post has drawn fresh attention after fans noticed the tragic coincidence that both actors died at the age of 40 after separate battles with cancer.

Osoba died at the age of 40, about two years after publicly speaking about her battle with breast cancer. Her death was announced on Wednesday by fellow actor Alesh Sanni, who paid tribute to her in an emotional Instagram post.

Ekubo, on the other hand, died on May 11, 2026, at Evercare Hospital in Lagos following a private battle with advanced metastatic kidney cancer.

Reacting to the resurfaced post, fans expressed shock and sadness over the similarities in the actors' lives.

Muyiway wrote, "Both d!ed as a result of cancer."

Adebola said, "Fate played such a cruel game with both of you. Both died of cancer at the age of 40."

QD wrote, "They are both dead now."

Millz stated, "Life came for them same year, same age, same ailment— cancer... this life sha."

Arinze commented, "What a coincidence, may their souls rest in peace."