Nigerian comic actor Fred Ebere, better known as Tenkobo, has criticised Stella Maris Okafor, the last wife of late Nollywood veteran Mr Ibu, for asking Nigerians for financial help online.
In a video shared by influencer King Mitchy on Wednesday, Stella appealed for support, saying she could not afford her house rent and her children’s school fees.
Reacting to the viral clip, Tenkobo, a close colleague and family friend of Mr Ibu, accused Stella of using the late actor’s name and fame to extort the public.
He also accused Stella and other family members of selling Mr Ibu’s investments, including houses and landed properties, and demanded an account of the money.
Questioning her appeal, he said, “Does it mean that because you are the wife of a legend, you should not work, get handwork, or have something doing? What if Ibu is not an actor?”
Sharing details of a phone conversation with Mr Ibu’s family, Tenkobo said: “Guys, that’s the voice of Mr Ibu’s first son, Valentine Okafor. He is in his late 30s, if he is not yet 40. Because when I saw the video by Stella, I vex. I had to call the boy and I said, ‘See wetin I see.’ The boy broke down. You can hear what he just said on the phone, that I know John Okafor more than how many people know him because of my relationship with him.
“My relationship with Okafor started from colleagues to friends, from friends to father and son, and from father and son to partners in crime. That’s how much my relationship with him grew. Now, this video wey Stella do is not her first. Stella has done this type of video before, even when Mr Ibu was alive. That time the man dey alive and I asked am, ‘Baba, why this kind thing?’ Me and am discussed am, everything end.”
He also insisted Mr Ibu had several children and said the late actor invested well during his lifetime. Tenkobo questioned who sold the actor’s properties and what happened to the money, adding that anyone helping Stella should not believe Mr Ibu left nothing behind.
The controversy comes two years after Mr Ibu’s death.
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