Jasmine said Mr Ibu was a good friend of his father, who was in the Nigerian army before dying many years ago
Jasmine Okafor, the adopter daughter of ailing Nollywood actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu has finally revealed how she became his child.
TheNiche had prior to this reported that the police confirmed the arrest of Jasmine and Mr Ibu’s son, Daniel Onyeabuchi, for allegedly defrauding the thespian of N55 million.
Speaking about the theft allegation in a trending video on social media, the embattled daughter of the comic actor narrated how they met and who he became a father figure to her.
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She said: “I said I wasn’t going to talk about this issue until Mr Ibu gets back on his feet and to God be the glory he has been discharged and recuperating.
” A lot has happened and I will like to shed more light on how I got involved and how things got to this point.
“My dad died so many years ago, he was a Nigerian army and a good friend to Mr Ibu, who is now a father figure in my life. After my dad’s death, Mr Ibu has been playing a father figure role in my life. In 2018, I left the country to look for greener pastures, and from there I relocated to Cyprus where I was studying law.
“In 2020, Mr Ibu started requesting financial assistance from me on chat and I was surprised because he was doing well and almost at the peak of his career before I left. He now opened up to me that he was sick and was in Abuja, while his wife was in Lagos I requested to call her and she told me that Mr Ibu had left the house for over two years.
“I didn’t want to speak but things have gotten to a point that I have to speak up my truth”