BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Singer, Kefee Is Dead

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Singer, Kefee Is Dead

Nigerian singer and radio personality, Kefee Don Momoh popularly called Kefee who collapsed on a 14-hour flight to Chicago is dead.

Kefee

The Sapele born singer passed on in the early hours of today in an undisclosed Los Angeles Hospital in the US where she was rushed to for treatment.

Kefee's Publicist manager, Adeline in an official statement confirmed the singer's death.

It reads below

On behalf of the family. It is with a great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to Lungs failure this morning of our God’s mouth piece, chorus leader, daughter, wife, sister, friend Kefee Branama Queen … May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. AMEN!!! 

PS: In contrast to all earlier rumors and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6 months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia. 

For the family

Adeline Adelicious Adebayo

(Kefee’s UK Manager)

Also confirming Kefee's death is On-Air-Personality for Wazobia FM, Yaw, a close friend of her husband, OAP Teddy Don Momoh who revealed on Wazobia Fm this morning, saying: “One of our very own is dead. May her soul rest in peace.”

This is coming after it was reported on June 11, that she had allegedly woken up from her Coma.

On June 4, her husband, Teddy Don Momoh confirmed the report that she was in coma after he took to twitter to ask Nigerians to pray for her.

Meanwhile a close family source had earlier revealed she was diagnosed of having pre-eclampsia – pregnancy induced high blood pressure.

It will be recalled that on June 9 that a Nigerian doctor, Dr Adeyefa while speaking on her sickness said she might die as her chances of survival was very slim while urging Nigerians to pray for her as that's the only thing that can bring her out of the coma.

The award-winning Kefee who started her music career at the age of 8 in her church choir has hit songs like ‘Branama’ and ‘Kokoroko’ and she won best collaboration Headies Award in 2010.

Kefee who was in her mid 30s recently returned to Nigeria after she had travelled to the United states in 2013 to complete her courses in production and directing at the Chicago Access Network TV, graduating as a certified video director.

She also released a new song and was working on an album before she met her untimely death.

Kefee got married to Star FM's Teddy 'Don Momoh in 2012 and just recently in May celebrated her wedding anniversary.

This is so Sad. May her soul Rest in Peace.

Celebs like Dare Art-Alade, Timaya, Sasha, K-Solo, Niyola, Yemi Alade, Bouqui have taken to social media to pay tribute to the late Kefee.

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