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12 Things to Know About Sammie Okposo

Tapre Timine
Tapre Timine
Published: June 14, 2025
Last updated: June 14, 2025
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12 Things to Know About Sammie Okposo | Daily Report Nigeria
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The news about popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo’s death was announced on Friday, November 25, 2022.

Okposo was said to have slumped and died at 51.

Meanwhile, below are 12 things to know about the late “Wellu Wellu” popular hit song maker.

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  1. He was born on May 30, 1971.

  2. He was born and bred in Delta State.

  3. The multiple award-winning artiste started music in his early when he was a member of his local church where he played the piano for the choir at 10.

  4. Okposo was also a music producer, psalmist, and CEO of Zamar Entertainment.

  5. He released his first album Addicted in 2004.

  6. His most recent album, The Statement (2018) was produced by the Grammy-winning Kevin Bond.

  7. In 1995, he joined Nollywood as a soundtrack producer and eventually ventured into music production.

  8. He was Globacom ambassador, United Nations Peace Ambassador and had a couple of other honours to his name.

  9. Okposo made headlines in January 2022 when he apologised to his wife, Ozioma on his verified Instagram page for cheating on her with a lady known also as African Doll in the United States of America (USA) for an incident that occurred in 2021. She accused him of impregnating and abandoning her.

  10. Following the incident, the singer decided to stay away from ministry for a while to go back in his spiritual steps before rejoining it after a few months.

  11. In May, the veteran singer escaped death by the whiskers in a car accident while driving on the third mainland bridge in Lagos but Okposo said he “was saved from the hands of the devil and his cohorts.”

  12. He bagged multiple awards including KORA Best Gospel Artiste in Africa (2006), Crown SABC Best of African Gospel (2014), Afro Hollywood UK Best Gospel Artiste (2005), NEA Best Gospel Artiste of the Year (2007&2013), and NMA Best Contemporary Gospel Artiste among others.

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