M-Net scriptwriter, Osang Abang dies in Accident, aged 30

One of the top scriptwriters in M-Net, Osang Abang has died in an accident.

The 30-year old University of Calabar graduate, who worked with M-Net, passed away in a bus accident, on Thursday night, and was buried yesterday.

Until his demise, Abang was co-writing content for Tinsel, a popular Nigerian soap opera and he was also the head writer of the series, BattleGround.

Other projects he worked on includes ‘Forbidden’, ‘Hush’, ‘Hustle’, ‘Jemeji’, ‘E.V.E’, and ‘Ajoche’.

Mourning his death, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi wrote,

‘Thank you for soooooo many dramatic twists in all the Africa Magic TV shows(Tinsel, Hush, Battleground and more) R.I.P. Osang Abang, we must not question God but this one is too painful!! Nigeria just lost another..’