{"id":15688,"date":"2023-10-18T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=15688"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:31:32","slug":"education-profile-of-mr-ibu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-mr-ibu\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Profile of Mr. Ibu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John Ikechukwu Okafor, famously known as Mr Ibu, born on 17 October 1961 in Enugu State. He is a Nigerian actor, producer, writer and comedian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20230410-200153-e1697639432224.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20230410-200153-e1697639432224.png 720w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20230410-200153-e1697639432224-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Okafor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After his primary and secondary school education, Mr. Ibu got admitted into the College of Education, Yola but dropped out due to financial constraints. He later enrolled\u00a0 Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), where he studied\u00a0Mass Communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Okafor joined the Nigerian movie industry in 1998 but could not get lucrative roles as producers did not give him a chance to showcase his talent in major projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He rose to prominence in 2004 for his role in the blockbuster comic movie, \u201cMr. Ibu,\u201d. He played the role of the father of a troublesome son. Osita Iheme played the role of the son. The duo made the movie an extremely comic one that spread all over the country, and it was recognized as the best comedy project then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His effort in the movie bagged him the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Comic Actor in Nigeria in 2005. Ever since then Mr. Ibu has acted in more than 200 Nollywood movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Newswirengr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Ikechukwu Okafor, famously known as Mr Ibu, born on 17 October 1961 in Enugu State. 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