Comic Actor Mr Ibu Talks About Memorable Moments With His Fans And Why He Didnt Take Up Boxing As A Day Job...

Actor John Okafor A.K.A Mr Ibu in this extracted interview from Punch explains the most memorable thing a fan did for him and why he isnt a boxer today....

Most memorable thing a fan has done for him

That happened in Italy. A female fan ran to me on stage, held me and started crying. In Abuja, a policeman told me that after meeting me, he could then die in peace. According to the officer, he had always prayed that God should make him to meet me. I told him I appreciated his love, and that he would not die; at least, not now. I am always meek and when I hear such things, I know that they are coming from my real fans.




If he wasnt an actor.....

You’re looking for trouble now. Anyway, I would have been a boxer. I used to be a boxer. I was doing well until I went for a championship in Delta State. The boy I fought with was an idiot; he gave me a beating I would never forget. That boy changed my face and made me hate anything that had to do with gloves. After the fight, I looked in the mirror and I could not even recognise myself. I could see with only one eye for sometime due to the punches he dealt me. That was the incident that made me quit boxing.

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