Filmmaker, Chico Ejiro is dead
Prolific Nollywood filmmaker, Chico Ejiro, is dead.
He passed away in the early hours of Friday, Christmas day.
Born Chico Maziakpono, in Isoko, Delta State, Ejiro was a Nigerian movie director, screenwriter, and producer.
He was known for directing over 80 movies in his thirty-year-long career.
The movie producer, best known for his movies, popular among which is ‘Silent Night’, died from an undisclosed illness.
Ejiro had been shooting his upcoming project, at a location before his death.
He is survived by his wife, Joy, and his children.
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