“Father of Our Best Actress”: Videos From Mercy Johnson’s Father’s Burial Hit the Internet

“Father of Our Best Actress”: Videos From Mercy Johnson’s Father’s Burial Hit the Internet

  • Popular Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okojie has eventually led her beloved father to rest
  • Legit.ng had reported that the mother of four children lost her father in early May, which she couldn’t handle
  • In a video clip online, Mercy Johnson was seen with her husband amid sympathisers, as undertakers carried her father's coffin

A viral video has emerged online showing the sad moment prominent Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okojie held her father's funeral ceremony.

Recall Legit.ng reported that the award-winning star was bereaved following the death of her father in May.

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Mercy Johnson lays father to rest Credit: @queenoftitok362
Source: Instagram

However, a TikTok user known as @queenoftiktok632 uploaded a video of Mercy Johnson walking beside her husband, Prince Okojie, and sympathisers as undertakers carried her father's corpse.

People at the occasion found it difficult to accept that the person in front of them was truly the famous actress, which sparked debate among them.

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The video was captioned:

"Rest in peace, Pa Johnson; Mercy Johnson is beautiful."

 See the videos below:

Another video from the ceremony:

Netizens react to Mercy Jonhson’s father’s burial video

@kumbabarber3 :

"Sincere condolences from Freetown Sierra Leone.”

@user1517838469346 :

“Mercy Johnson take heart it’s well God knows d best.”

@eugeniaejike:

“May his soul rest in peace.”

@user1517838469346:

“Mercy Johnson take heart it’s well God knows d best.”

@R M E :

“Am disappointed in the camera man. My condolences Mercy Johnson”.

@Roseline J Cooper :

“My lovely beautiful sister am so sorry about your Dad, may he soul rest in perfect peace, God bless, Amen and Amen.”

@ramddiger:

"Father of our best actress."

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Meanwhile, Ka3na Jones returned to social media days after her husband's demise, Legit.ng reported.

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The reality star, who took down her Instagram page earlier this month, revealed her husband passed on on May 1 after battling cancer.

"I never knew what it felt like to lose a LOVED one until I received the sad call from the hospital 01-05-2023! Took exactly three days for me to actually process the information and from that moment of acceptance grieve has consumed my entire world,' she wrote."

Source: Legit.ng

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Chinasa Afigbo (Editor) Chinasa Afigbo is a pop culture/music journalist and content writer with over four years of experience in other mainstream media organisations, including Vanguard Media and Guardian Life. She holds a degree in Information Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). She also moved on to pursue courses in writing & media communications. Chinasa has also been published in other Intl journals, like The African Report. Reach her at: chinasa.afigbo@corp.legit.ng.