Nollywood Actor, Mr Ibu Has Passed On

Sadly, Nollywood actor, John Okafor also popularly known as Mr Ibu is dead.

He died at Evercare Hospital in Lagos State after a long time battle with illness.

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 yesterday, Saturday evening.

At some point, sos calls for help to keep him alive was made to Nigerians.

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.

During the cause of his treatment, his leg was amputated in November 2023.

The actor is survived by his wife and children. He was 62 years old.

The veteran actor was very famous for his sterling interpretation of humorous roles in movies.