John Okafor (Mr Ibu) is a Popular Nigerian actor and comedian.
Early Life
John Okafor was born on 17 October 1961. John who had a rough and terrible childhood came from a poor family, infact, they were the “Poorest” in his village in Enugu state. He once worked as a firewood seller, an hair dresser and a butcher to feed his family.
Acting Career
His acting career began in December 3, 1978 when he started as a Continuity in movies in his words:
“The issue is that I had never seen myself coming in front of the camera. I was initially involved in Continuity, not until the directors and producers started persuading me to come on board to act. They saw my interpretation of movie roles to be better and more original. It wasn’t as if I was running away from acting, I only wanted to specialize in my Continuity job, being behind the cameras. So at a point I started acting once in a while. I later asked myself, ‘Ibu, wetin you dey wait, go and concentrate on the thing’. So I took the advantage of the opportunity from my Producers and Directors who loved me so much.”
According to him, he had to trek from Ajao Estate to Festac Lagos state for Auditions and rehearsals on daily basis.
He came into limelight in 2004 in one of the movies he was featured titled “MR IBU” which actually gave him the popular nick name: MR IBU because of his funny role as a father of a troublesome kid. Before then he has shown in lots of very popular movies in the 90’s And since then he has remained consistent in the movie industry.
He has acted in more than 200 movies including Mr.Ibu (2004), Mr.Ibu in London (2004), Police Recruit (2003), 9 Wives (2005), Ibu in Prison (2006) and Keziah (2007).
Achievements
Best Comedy Drama. African Magic Viewer Choice Award and other International awards
Entered an endorsement deal with merrybet in 2014 and also entered an endorsement deal with Gotv in 2014.
Rumours Scandals
In 2012, Ibu went nude in front of a crowd for attention and to solicit money which led to a lot of public scrutiny.
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