Skit maker reportedly dies while filming content

Screenshots from the video showing the skit maker when he made the jump and after he fell.

Nigerian skit maker identified as Churchill has reportedly died in the process of trying to create content.

In a viral video shared today, Thursday, January 18, The Telegraph observed that Churchill was captured dropping his phone on the ground before proceeding to jump and touch the basketball net.

Churchill unfortunately didn’t touch it but he fell and struck his head on the ground.

Eyewitnesses reportedly rushed Churchill to the hospital, where he tragically passed away.

According to a lady with the Instagram handle, #LadyResa, in an interaction with Punch, said that Churchill was her schoolmate at Nasarawa State University, adding that the skit maker was bedridden after the incident.

“He was bedridden with a neck collar. But couldn’t survive due to internal injury,” she claimed.

Friends of the late skit maker and Netizens have continued to mourn him on the online platform X.

dlifeof_jay wrote “Omoooo He just wan make am ni oo😭😭 May his soul rest in peace.”

Ekis Kitchen Foods wrote: “Omo God, while looking for our daily bread and what to eat, may we not be eaten in the process

Philip_ItisI wrote: “It’s sad man. Really sad to hear he is gone, especially while trying to make a skit.”

Mandy Chuks wrote: “This is so sad

I Am King Dinero wrote: “The sound even gave me a sharp headache

Brain box wrote: “Within seconds a life is lost. May we not die in search of our daily bread. RIP!!

Olalekan Abimbola wrote: “May his soul rest in perfect peace

Last year, Nollywood actress and skit maker Favour Daniels died in a boat accident.

Port Harcourt skit maker, John Kennedy Kanu, better known as Bros Jay Kay, also died last year in a fatal motor accident.