Clinton Ekubo, an alleged relative of late Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo, has spoken out about the circumstances surrounding his death.
In a lengthy post on his Facebook page, he accused Alex’s stepmother of sidelining the family and influencing major decisions surrounding his life and burial.
He claimed that his stepmother arranged his stepmother’s best friend’s daughter as a wife for Alex without his family’s knowledge, and the marriage was done just like that. He said he and other family members were shocked to learn he was married.
Clinton revealed that the late actor lost interest in their family and became a member of his stepmother’s family to the extent that he attended every marriage in her family. According to him, there was no intimacy between Alex and Chioma, his own biological sister from the same mother, and he became too close to his stepmother’s children.
He claimed Alex rejected his biological mother while she was alive and didn’t want to do anything with her. Clinton said the burial arrangement was rushed as if there was something they were hiding.
He observed that at the funeral, there was a blood clot in his eyes and heard that the actor had been brought to the hospital dead. He demanded an explanation for what happened.
“Honestly speaking, my brother David Ekubo and my sister Ify Ekubo were right in their write-up.
His stepmother arranged for Alex to marry her best friend’s daughter as his wife without Ekubo Okwareke’s family’s knowledge, and the marriage was done just like that. We were shocked when we heard that Alex was married. I personally asked, “What is going on?”
She channelled Alex Ekubo to her family, while there was nothing we could do in the Ekubo Okwareke family that would make him attend or show interest. Alex lost interest in our family and became a member of his stepmother’s family to the extent that he attended every marriage in her family.
There was no intimacy between Alex and Chioma, his own biological sister from the same mother, and he became too close to his stepmother’s children, which I don’t understand, etc.
Alex Ekubo was sick; nobody knew till his death. He died, and the family didn’t know that our son was sick and dead till it was announced to the public by his stepmother. Alex Ekubo rejected his biological mother while he was alive and doesn’t want to do anything with her. His biological mother is still alive.
His burial arrangements were planned and arranged by his friends and stepmother without the members of the family.
I think I was the only family member who saw his corpse and stood on my ground to supervise what was going on. Her family members were everywhere as if it were their own. The burial arrangement was rushed as if there was something somebody was trying to cover for us.
Nobody is explaining what really happened to our son. How come there is a blood clot in his eyes? Is the blood clot on his eyes part of the cancer also?
We also heard that Alex Ekubo was brought to the hospital dead. My Uncle ( My father) knew nothing about all this. His death announcement was a shock to me, and he was buried just like that. My uncle is responding to his wife because he is at his wife’s mercy, forgetting that we own him and his son, Alex.
Ekubo Okwareke was asked to put on white for a 40-year-old boy. Please note that I am not writing this to chase anything, but just for clarity’s sake.
Please remove properties from this. The Ekubo Okwareke family demand an explanation for her son since she could not explain to us indoors
We are Igbos. How can a woman married to the family become stronger than her husband’s family members? In the Arochukwu Kingdom in Abia State, only men whose fathers are dead are eligible to be called Mazi. But I named Alex Ikenna Ekubo’s stepmother, Mazi, for her audacity in influencing things to happen without the family members’ permission regarding our son. But it is well!
ALEX IKKENNA EKUBO OKWAREKE, REST IN PEACE”.
This came hours after Alexx’s cousin, David Ekubo, publicly questioned the circumstances surrounding the actor’s death and burial, saying the family still deserves answers.
Refreshing your memory, news broke out last month that the light-skinned actor had passed away on Monday, May 11th, after a battle with Cancer and was 40 years old.
In a heartbreaking statement, his family announced that the actor had passed away after a brief but courageous battle. According to the statement, he passed away at Evercare Hospital due to complications arising from advanced metastatic kidney cancer.
On Thursday, June 18th, the actor was finally laid to rest amidst tears. The likes of IK Ogbonna, Mike Godson, Omoni Oboli, Ini Edo, KCee and E-Money, Cubana Chief Priest, Bimbo Ademoye, Kunle Remi and his wife, Ayo Makun, Yomi Casual, Nancy Isime, Funny Bone, Pretty Mike, and a tone of others had attended the emotional event.
