LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Elder Benjamin Onyemaechi Okoli, the father of popular Nigerian singer, Chinedu Okoli a.k.a Flavour is dead.
Flavour shared the sad news in a post via X on Wednesday, May 23. He wrote on X, “Chukwu wetelu, Chukwu ewelugo,” which translates to “God gave and God has taken.”
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In another heartfelt post, the singer shared a video from a moment with his father in a wheelchair listening to him play the guitar while singing.
Sharing the video, he prayed for the soul of his father to rest well.
“Nna m, papa Ijele, Rest well,” which translates to “my father, Ijele’s (his nickname) father, Rest well,” he wrote.