Actor Chidi Mokeme is bereaved. He lost his 72yr old father on saturday november 6, 2010. Find the unofficial press statement he sent out to friends and loved ones yesterday after the cut...

''The iroko has fallen!. It is with sorrow in my heart but with the deepest gratitude to God for an exemplary life well spent that I regret to announce on behalf of the entire mokeme family the passing unto glory of our father, husband, brother, uncle and grandfather Mr Geoffery Azubuike Mokeme. Please join your faith with ours as we usher his soul in the safe presence of the most high God. He died from the complications of stroke in his Lagos residence after being in hospital for a while''

The actor is the first born child of his parents.
May his soul rest in peace...amen.