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  • Video of Mr Ibu’s last moment surfaces online

    Video of Mr Ibu’s last moment surfaces online

    A video purporting to capture one of the last moments of veteran Nollywood actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, has surfaced. Okafor passed away on Saturday.

    Just hours before he passed away, the late actor was seen in the social media video on his hospital bed thanking P-Square musician Rudeboy.

    He said, “Rudeboy, I don’t know where to begin. But everything happens exactly on God’s own time. When the time comes, it has come.

    “Rudeboy, if you don’t make heaven, call me nama [meat]. You will go to heaven and we will sit in the presence of the angels and eat together.

    “What people will be talking about today would be, ‘How come? But Ibu and P-Square, they are not the same parents.’ But I tell you, parents don come.”

    At the age of sixty-two, Mr. Ibu passed away from cardiac arrest.

  • Veteran actor Mr Ibu dies at 62

    Veteran actor Mr Ibu dies at 62

    Nollywood veteran Mr. Ibu passed away. The actor, whose real name is John Okarfor, was 62.

    The veteran comedian passed away at Evercare Hospital, according to several reports from people close to him. Reminiscent of the films the late actor starred in, many fans have expressed their condolences on X, formerly Twitter.

    There is still uncertainty over the cause of death and family of Mr. Ibu have not yet made any public comments.

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    The actor had undergone numerous surgeries that resulted in the amputation of his leg due to health issues that he had been facing since October 2023.

    The news of his passing arrives less than a day after the passing of veteran Nollywood actor Quadri Oyebamiji, better known by his stage name Sisi Quadri.

    In 2019, Mr. Ibu claimed that because of his prosperous career, some of his domestic workers were paid by his kinsmen to poison him.

    The comedic actor further claimed in May 2022 that he had been poisoned a third time.

    In one of his interviews, Mr Ibu said “My illness was perpetrated by people that hate me. They did what they did to me. Later, I was taken to the hospital.

    “The doctors are prophets. So, they went into my system and told me what was wrong and what they were going to do.

    “I said ‘Whatever you are going to do, please, do it, let me live because if I die the enemies will laugh’. And then the doctors said ‘Okay, there’s no problem’.

    In the meantime, a number of well-known Nollywood personalities have posted lit candles in the actor’s memory.

  • Mr Ibu back home after being hospitalized (Video)

    Mr Ibu back home after being hospitalized (Video)

    After months of battling serious health issues at medical facilities, renowned Nollywood icon John Okafor, better known by his stage name Mr. Ibu, has returned home.

    Last year, the entertainment industry and Mr. Ibu’s horde of devoted fans were rocked by the news of his hospitalisation, which raised serious concerns for his health. Due to a medical condition that kept him out of the public eye for a while, he was both admitted and moved between hospitals.

    Nonetheless, his fans and the Nollywood community as a whole are extremely relieved that his colleague in the film industry, Ken Erics, recently announced that he was returning home.

    Ken shared a video of his visit with the legendary actor and quickly won over many hearts. Sunday, January 21, 2024, he uploaded a video to his official Instagram page in which he expressed his respect for Mr. Ibu.

    The video’s goal, according to Ken’s description, is to make the actor’s admirers and fans smile.

    “Happy Sunday lovelies. Something to brighten your day @realmribu”, he captioned.

    Many expressed their gratitude to the light-skinned actor for visiting him in his comment section, flooding it with sympathetic words.

    Fans flooded social media during Mr. Ibu’s hospital stay with well-wishes and messages of support for the cherished actor.

    Watch the video below;