Actor and producer Karibi Fubara has sadly passed on after battling cancer for a short while.
The death of the movie star was announced by his sister, Ayayi Fubara Eneli via her Twitter page on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
"My brother, Karibi Fubara, has joined the ancestral realm. I’m devastated, but not hopeless. He lived fully and with joy. Left a great body of work. Will be a powerful ancestor. I love you, #ChiefBlack. I do not own the rights to this song," she wrote.
My brother, Karibi Fubara, has joined the ancestral realm. I’m devastated, but not hopeless. He lived fully and with joy. Left a great body of work. Will be a powerful ancestor. I love you, #ChiefBlack.
I do not own the rights to this song. pic.twitter.com/TPs3EadxvT— Ayayi Fubara Eneli (@AyaFubaraEneli) December 15, 2021
His sister is a top official working with the government of Dubai where the actor had been undergoing cancer treatment since early 2020.
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The actor in 2020 revealed how he found out he had a large mid-stage kidney tumor/cancer.
Kabiri who married popular Nollywood fashion entrepreneur, Yolanda Okereke in 2019, won the hearts of many in movies such as Smart Money Woman, God Calling and Before 30 all are Netflix hit.
My brother, Karibi Fubara, has joined the ancestral realm. I’m devastated, but not hopeless. He lived fully and with joy. Left a great body of work. Will be a powerful ancestor. I love you, #ChiefBlack.
— Ayayi Fubara Eneli (@AyaFubaraEneli) December 15, 2021
I do not own the rights to this song. pic.twitter.com/TPs3EadxvT