March 06, (THEWILL) – Joy Ejiro, wife of late veteran movie producer Chico Ejiro has every reason to smile again after her traumatic experience in 2020/2021. The entrepreneur had cause to smile again when her two eldest children, Kome and Ruke, graduated from Caleb University. She celebrated them on social media and thanked all those who stood by her in her trying moments.
THEWILL recalls that Joy lost her movie producer husband, Chico Ejiro, on Friday, December 25, 2020 to complications arising from high blood pressure. The deceased had just completed the production of his new film on the eve of Christmas before the sad event took place. He was buried in Ozoro, his hometown in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Until his death, Chico Ejiro had an unbroken record of being the Nigerian film director with the greatest number of home videos produced for public viewing. Eleven months after his passage, his youngest son, Viano, died of cancer. The seven-year-old boy passed away on November 15, 2021. Viano had been battling cancer for some years and his parents committed their financial resources to his treatment. His mother had to move to the United States to get the best health care for him as he was diagnosed with the ailment when he was still a toddler. He was buried in the United States.
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