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Authentic but very sad and painful information reaching DAYLIGHTng has it that pioneer and revered Nollywood filmmaker Okey Ogunjiofor has lost his dear father, Chief Matthias Chukwuemeka Ogunjiofor, to the cold hands of death.
While confirming the news to DAYLIGHTng recently in a Whatsapp chat, the legendary filmmaker who kick started the journey of Nollywood in 1992, with the monster hit Living In Bondage, said: “Azuh, I consider you my friend hence, I write you personally to announce the passing into glory of my father, Chief Matthias Chukwuemeka Ogunjiofor…”
Speaking further, the multiple award winning Nollywood icon, added that the farewell ceremony for his departed father had been fixed for November 23, 2023, in their village, in Imo State, south east, Nigeria.
“Other information like invitation, poster and programme of events will be shared in the coming days. My father lived a great and memorable life. He died at the ripe age of 94. So, even though we are sad and mourning his demise, his farewell ceremony is going to be a celebration of life,” Ogunjiofor, famously known as Paulo, added in an emotion-laden voice.
The patriarch of the Ogunjiofor family is survived by four sons and a daughter, including many grand children.
