{"id":274180,"date":"2011-01-15T03:51:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47853"},"modified":"2011-01-15T03:51:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:51:01","slug":"national-troupe-two-tragedies-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/15\/national-troupe-two-tragedies-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"National Troupe: Two tragedies in one week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_47854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47854\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-47854\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/15\/national-troupe-two-tragedies-in-one-week\/burn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47854\" title=\"burn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The burnt hostel<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBarely three days after National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN)                      announced an early morning inferno that gutted a part of its                      artistes\u2019 camp, tragedy struck the troupe again with                      the death of one of its artistes, Miss Janet Iluyomade in                      auto crash.<br \/>\nIluyomade was involved in an automobile accident last Saturday                      along Ilesha-Ijesha expressway after leaving Lagos in her                      Toyota car to observe her annual leave. She later died on                      Tuesday evening after efforts to get her out of coma failed                      at the University College Hospital Ibadan. The late artiste                      was refered to the University College Hospital, Ibadan from                      another hospital in Ondo town.<br \/>\nThe dancer who hailed from Ondo state was famous for leading                      the popular Obitun dance, a dance from her state of origin                      that is in the repertoire of the National Troupe. A christain                      who was still single at the time of her death, the late Miss                      Iluyomade was recruited from Ondo state in 2004 to join the                      National Troupe for an initial secondment period of two years.                      But she excelled as a dancer and so had her secondment period                      extended thrice.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Artistic Director of the National Troupe, Mr. Martin                      Adaji who had promptly dispatched a team to Ondo upon learning                      about the accident expressed shock at the development. Adaji                      described the late Janet as \u2018humble, respectful, talented                      and resourceful\u2019 noting that her last performance as                      a maiden in Mike Anyanwu\u2019s The Contest- last December                      at the National Theatre as \u2018splendid\u2019.<br \/>\nSaid Adaji \u2018She shone like a star and was one of the                      star dancers of the show. She will be sorely missed\u2019                      While promising that his management would be fully involved                      in the arrangement at giving her a beffiting burial, Adaji                      lamented \u2018We did everything humanly possible to keep                      her alive as soon as we heard of the unfortunate incident.                      May God grant her rest\u2019<br \/>\nShortly before the accident in Ondo State, the male block                      of the artistes\u2019 camp at the National Theatre was razed                      by fire, leaving property worth millions of naira destroyed.                      The fire incident occurred at about 10am and gutted the artiste                      camp of the National Troupe of Nigeria located just a few                      metres away from the snack and drinks bar called Abe-Igi.<br \/>\nIn a statement by Shaibu Husseini of the National Troupe,                      no life was lost to the inferno but properties belonging to                      the artistes-occupants of the block- were completely razed                      before the arrival of men of the fire service attached to                      the National Theatre. The fire men did their best to stop                      the fire from spreading to other blocks.<br \/>\nAccording to Shaibu, although the cause of the fire is yet                      to be established, preliminary enquiry indicate that it may                      have been caused by power surge in one of the rooms inside                      the block.<br \/>\nIn the same way, Mr. Martin Adaji and members of management                      team who visited the scene of the fire expressed surprise                      at the incident. Said Adaji, \u2018This has never happened                      before. I understand that efforts was made to put off the                      fire before it spreads but the windy weather aided the fire                      to spread. But we thank God that no life was lost. We will                      set up a committee to investigate the cause of the incident\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barely three days after National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) announced an early morning inferno that gutted a part of its artistes\u2019 camp, tragedy struck the troupe again with the death of one of its artistes, Miss Janet Iluyomade in auto crash. 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