Nollywood Veteran ‘Mr Ibu’ Is Dead

By Adadareporters

Veteran Nollywood actor, Mr John Okafor, popularly called Mr Ibu, is dead. It was learnt that he passed on at Evercare Hospital in Lagos after a protracted battle with illness.

It would be recalled that the 62-year old had battled health issues that led to the amputation of his two legs. He was diagnosed with diseased blood vessels.

His family had solicited funds from Nigerians, saying the actor “had constant clotting of the blood in his leg and other health challenges posing a risk to his life, therefore the need for the amputation.”