Adesola Sulaimon
Renowned filmmaker and founder of the Africa Movies Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is dead.

Peace died at St. Nicholas hospital, Lagos state.

According to reports, the entertainment mogul died on Monday, January 9th, after a brief illness.

Confirming her demise in a statement the family said,”The Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan, in thanksgiving to God and in the belief that God is good and everything He does is good and in accordance with His divine will, pattern and plan, announce the passing to the eternal glory of our illustrious beloved daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt Ms Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe (MFR).

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“Peace, the Ada of the Anyiam-Osigwe family, was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter, humanitarian, one-of-a-kind creative, and visionary leader in the film and television industry. Peace left indelible imprints on the sands of time.”

“We as a family and clan will continue to do all that is necessary to ensure that her legacy lives on – the Africa Movie Academy Awards and the Africa Film Academy, along with their training programmes across Nigeria and the African continent will carry on seamlessly by institutions she set up and with the full support of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation and other Institutions and Government Agencies with whom she has worked over the years. Her numerous charities across different religious denominations and other communities will also be continued.”

The deceased was also the National President of The Association of Movie Producers (AMP).

Anyiam-Osigwe was born March 30 from the notable Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe family in Nkwerre, Imo State.

She is the only girl in a family of eight children and has a degree in Law and political science from Oxford Brookes University