Ikpechukwu, besides being an actor, was formerly a footballer and business office manager at Nike.
By Kehinde Okeowo
A mild drama occurred on Friday after Nollywood lost one of its veteran actors, Diewait Ikpechukwu, who reportedly died after battling a prolonged illness.
The thespian, who was formerly a footballer and business office manager at Nike, passed away on Thursday, according to family sources.
However, following his demise, his daughter Chiamaka Yusuf, popularly known as Chiamax, took to social media to demand that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) take down her father’s death post on its platform.
In an emotional video shared on her Instagram page on Friday, she insisted that she ought to be the one to announce her father’s death, not the organisation.
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She wrote, “Actors Guild, I don’t want you guys to post my daddy. Nobody should post my daddy’s poster. You people should leave me alone. Nobody should call me. I’m still wearing my daddy’s shirt; he wore it yesterday.
“You people should please take it down. If anybody should announce his passing, it should be me. Nobody is going to do that for me, please.”
Ikpechukwu shot into the limelight after performances in several Nollywood films, such as The August Meeting, Royal Palace (2005), The Guilty (2006), Across the River (2006), Python King (2007), and Ìjé Love (2022).
Beyond acting, he reportedly owned a communications company and was an advocate for mentoring young talent.
