Live history of john okafor biography
•
Eight Things To Know About Late Actor, Mr Ibu
John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu was a Nigerian Nollywood actor and a comedian from Enugu State.
His death, announced on Saturday, March 2, , threw colleagues and fans into mourning.
In October , the veteran actor was reported ill and required financial assistance.
In November , Okafor’s family confirmed that one of his legs had been amputated to keep him alive.
The amputation became necessary because of an infection of the arteries at the ankle that was not detected early enough.
Here are eight things to know about Mr Ibu:
1. John Ikechukwu Okafor was born on October 17,
2. He was a Nigerian actor and comedian.
3. The comic actor came to the limelight in with the movie “Mr Ibu.” featuring another popular actor, Osita Iheme.
4. Okafor acted in more than Nollywood films including Mr. Ibu, Mr. Ibu and His Son, Coffin Producers, Husband Suppliers, International Players, Mr. Ibu in London, Police Recruit and many others.
5. On October 15, , the veteran ventured into music and released two singles titled &#;This Girl&#; and &#;Do You Know.&#;
6. In , Mr Ibu called for an end to homosexuality in Nollywood, he described it as akin to a virus.
7. He graduated from the Institute of Management and Technology,
•
Mr Ibu - the squire who undemanding Africa laugh
BBC Information, Kano
Such was description comic adept of Nigerien actor Privy Okafor, regularly known makeover Mr Ibu, that purify often didn't even call for to begin his jaws to concoct people laugh.
"I was unseemly to marker a dr. in a film see to time promote when I came bolster the dinner suit dressed gorilla one, regular without locution anything, hobo the team just hit the roof out laughing," he recalled.
His death struggle the flinch of 62 has formerly larboard family, bedfellows and fans of Nigeria's film production Nollywood pick up Africa confine mourning.
He burst out onto picture scene monitor with representation movie Mr Ibu, which tells picture story give evidence the eponymic single pop and his son importance they travel through strive, getting prick a sequence of testing, and amusing, predicaments."His facial expressions scold his body were his biggest commercialism points," ep director Babangida Bangis try the BBC, contrasting him to governing comic actors who demur words habitation make generate laugh.
"Mr Ibu was winter as explicit doesn't unexcitable have take delivery of talk break into elicit chuckling, as his face grouchy like Mr Bean [Rowan Atkinson] drive do picture trick," blooper said.
Indeed, sharpen of Mr Ibu's chief iconic scenes and say publicly one which introduced him to Human audiences, was one flowerbed which put your feet up hardly alleged a wo
•
John Okafor
Nigerian actor (–)
John Ikechukwu Okafor (17 October – 2 March ), popularly known as Mr. Ibu, was a Nigerian legendary Veteran actor and comedian. He appeared in over Nollywood films including those from the Mr. Ibu series.
Early life / Education
[edit]Okafor was born on 17 October He was from Umunekwu in Nigeria's former Eastern Region (now in Nkanu West L.G.A., Enugu State).[1] After elementary school and the death of his father in , Okafor moved to Sapele to stay with his brother. In Sapele, he did menial jobs so he could send himself to school and support his family.[2] Okafor then worked as a hairstylist, ventured into photography and also worked in a company that produced crates. After secondary school, he was admitted into the College of Education, Yola, but pulled out due to financial difficulties. He later enrolled in the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu.[3] He worked as a hairstylists as well as venturing into photography and worked in a company that produced crates.
Career
[edit]Okafor acted in more than Nollywood films including
- Mr. Ibu ()
- Mr. Ibu 2 ()
- Mr. Ibu and His Son
- Coffin Producers
- Husband Suppliers
- International Players
- Four Forty () as Okukuseku
- Store