Who is Mr. Ibu adopted daughter? All about Jasmine Okekeagwu

Who is Mr. Ibu adopted daughter? All about Jasmine Okekeagwu – Jasmine Okekeagwu is the adopted daughter of the late Nigerian actor and comedian.Mr. Ibu (John Okafor). 

Her biological father was Mr. Ibu’s close friend, and her contact with him started after his death.

After her father passed away, Mr. Ibu became a vital figure and source of support for Jasmine, adopting a fatherly position in her life.

Despite being a member of the actor’s family since 2020, she shot to fame in February 2023 after Stella Maris, Mr. Ibu’s second wife, accused her of having an affair with her husband.

Months later, Jasmine revealed that Mr. Ibu was battling with a life-threatening illness. She shared videos of the actor and solicited financial assistance for his medical condition.

After several pleas for assistance, many people donated for the ailing actor, including the Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Foundation, which paid all of Mr. Ibu’s medical expenses.

But on November 6, 2023, she also announced that one of the actor’s legs had been amputated after undergoing seven surgeries.

However, it seems things went south in the actor’s family, as the actor’s wife and daughter have been at loggerheads online over funds donated for Mr. Ibu’s treatment, with the actor’s wife alleging that Jasmine hijacked his treatment funds.

It led to several allegations, as the actor’s wife and adopted daughter took turns to accuse themselves on social media.

The police would later arrest Jasmine and Mr. Ibu’s son, Daniel Onyeabuchi, in Lagos for allegedly defrauding the actor of N55 million.

In a video, Jasmine said that following the death of her biological father many years ago, Mr. Ibu adopted her as his daughter.

She claimed that in 2020, while she was studying in Cyprus, Mr. Ibu asked for financial support, which is when she got more deeply involved with the Okafor family.

In the widely shared video that she uploaded on YouTube, she stated: “I want to thank everybody, especially those who had faith in me, believed in me, and patiently waited till this day for me to speak out.

“The past three months, I can’t say it has been hell, but I want to thank God in every situation. I said I wouldn’t talk about this issue until Daddy (Mr Ibu) gets back on his feet, and glory to God, he has been discharged and recuperating. A lot has happened, and I would like to shed more light on how I got involved and how things got to this point.”

“I am not talking because I need people to sympathise with me. I am talking because I feel like I have been abused and used, and I hope you guys are patient enough to listen to the entire story because it means a lot to me.”

Jasmine said the essence of telling the story was to let the world know her side of the story.

“The first and most important question I get most of the time from people is, does she not have a family? Does she not have a parent? Leave this family alone”.

“So many years ago, my dad passed on. He was in the Nigerian army. He was a perfect friend to Mr Ibu, who is now a father figure in my life. My dad passed on. Mr Ibu himself was at the burial. Since then, he has played the role of father in my life. Not for once have I ever needed someone as a father figure, and he was not there for me.”

“Fast forward to 2018, I left Nigeria for greener pastures. Things were working out for me. I was doing good and fine. Later on, I relocated to Cyprus to study law. In 2020, Mr Ibu started writing to me on WhatsApp requesting financial assistance. I was shocked because he was doing very well before I left, if not at the peak of his career. He was doing well. He has exotic cars. Everything was okay for him.”

Since Mr. Ibu had not lived with his wife for two years, Jasmine said that she had begun helping the ailing actor before leaving for Lagos.

“I asked why he asked for such money as N50,000 and N10,000. That was the first time he told me he was sick and was in Abuja. I asked his wife, but he said she was in Lagos while he was in Abuja. He didn’t say much then.”

Jasmine described how she brought the actor’s wife to Lagos and said their relationship was initially cordial.

Mr. Ibu died on March 2, 2024, aged 62.