Nollywood Filmmaker Chico Ejiro Is Dead

Nigerian Filmmaker Chico Ejiro died in the early hours of Friday, 25 December, Christmas day.

Ejiro is known to have produced many award winning movies with Night Bus to Lagos one of his most recent works. He is a director and producer, known for Computer Girls (2003), Polygamy 2: The Final Clash (2002) and Ashanti (2003).

A source close to the deceased revealed to The PUNCH that Ejiro died at about 2 am on Christmas Day.

According to the source, Ejiro was ill for a period of five weeks, and was taken to a hospital in Surulere where he was placed on admission. But he was discharged after a week.

“From what he said, he had high blood pressure that led to some heart complications and disease. He was recuperating and got better. He even started a production that he was shooting about four days ago but he was not fully involved,” the source added.

The source added that Ejiro was just the supervising director of the new film he was working on. “Although he kept saying that he had not gotten back to his full health; he was still very weak. .

“We were shocked about his death because he was even talking to some of his friends till late last night. I learnt he died about 2am this morning,” the source said.

Zik Zulu, a colleague and close friend confirmed the producer’s death to the PUNCH: “Yes, it is true, Chico Ejiro is dead.”