Nollywood legend, John Okafor well known as Mr Ibu is dead.
The Nigerian entertainment industry is once again thrown into mourning as veteran Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu passed on. The actor has been battling health challenges for a long period of time now and it got to the point that one of his legs was cut off.
This comes a few hours after the death of another Nollywood superstar, Sisi Quadri.
The actor passed away in a hospital in Lagos state on Saturday, March 2.
According to family sources, the actor has been on life support after he underwent a second surgery for his ailment recently. The family source said that his blood pressure has been over 200 after he had the surgery and that efforts were being made to stabilize it before he sadly passed away this evening.
The actor battled with constant clotting of blood on his leg (diseased blood vessels) and other health challenges for years. In October 2023, he came out publicly to seek financial assistance to treat his ailment. There were plans to fly him abroad for further medical care but that plan was aborted by his doctors who believed he wasn’t fit to fly.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
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