Today, 17th October is
the birthday of Nollywood stars John Okafor (Mr. Ibu), Eve Esin and radio
presenter, Abasiama Etukakpan. John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu was born
October 17, 1960. He is an indigene of Umunekwu village in Eziokwe, Nkanu Local
Government Area of Enugu State. Mr Ibu has 7 siblings (4 male and 3 female)
sadly lost his father in 1975. He is a graduate of Mass Communication from the
Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu. He got his stage from the
movie Mr Ibu in
2004 where he played the lead role. He became a household name after that
movie. Mr Ibu is unarguably one of Nigeria’s most talented comic characters in
Nollywood.
