The family of Rita Anuku, the 1986 Miss Nigeria, has released a statement that the former beauty queen passed away yesterday morning, July 2, at an undisclosed Abuja hospital.
According to a family source, the beauty queen had been battling with cancer ailment for the past two years and eventually gave up the ghost yesterday, Thursday, July 2.
Late Rita Anuku was a first cousin of Hon. David Anuku, former commissioner of Special Duties in Delta State and younger sister of Nollywood star actor, Hank Anuku. She is survived by four children, three girls and a boy.
Twenty five years ago she was sensationally crowned as Nigeria’s queen of beauty as an 18-year old secondary school leaver. She attended Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos.
May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Credits: TBW.