5th May, 2019
The Hausa Film Industry, Kannywood, has lost a member, Hajiya Binta Kofar Soro, who was popular for her motherly role in movies.
Binta died at the early hours of Saturday in her residence at Unguwar Filin Samji in Katsina town, the state of origin of the deceased.
Two days to her death, Kofar soro posted on her Instagram page @bintakofarsoro, “Peace to all Muslims. I wish to seek the forgiveness of those I have offended and even those I haven’t offended. May God forgive us.”
The 49-year-old famous actress had attracted her audience with her performance and she had 130.1 million followers on Instagram.
Film Directors like Falalu Dorayi on his page falalu_a_dorayi, described the actress as humble while Hassan Giggs on his page hassan_giggs prayed for God’s forgiveness for the actress.
Female actresses like Rukayya Umar @dawayya_85, Rahma Sadau @rahamasadau, reposted the deceased’s last instagram post.
King of the Industry Ali Nuhu, wrote on @realalinuhu that the death of actress was a painful one and prayed for mercy and forgiveness to her soul.
NAN reports that the entire Kannywood was thrown into mourning following her sudden death which occurred early Saturday.
The popular actress and a politician died in her home town, Katsina and had since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.