Elaborate ceremony spanning five days will start on June 25, with the burial on June 28 and the wrapped up two days later.

The family of iconic Nigerian actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu has released details of his elaborate burial ceremony that will span five days.
The celebrated actor will be laid to rest on June 28, more than three months after his death at a Lagos hospital

After close to five decades in the film industry during which he worked his way to the top before death struck, the world will bid farewell to the iconic actor in a ceremony that will span five days during which his community’s culture and religion will intersect.

Explaining the delay in burying the actor, Mr. Ibu’s elder brother Sunday Okafor noted that the iconic actor will be given a heroic sendoff befitting his status hence the delay in burial