Nollywood actor and director, Ikechukwu Mitchel Ogbonna, popularly known as IK Ogbonna, has finally broken his silence on the death of his close friend and fellow actor, Alex Ekubo.
Recall that Alex Ekubo died on May 12, 2026, after spending hours on life support.
His family disclosed that he passed away at Evercare Hospital in Lagos due to complications arising from advanced metastatic kidney cancer.
Throughout Ekubo’s burial rites and funeral proceedings, IK Ogbonna remained silent, with many interpreting his silence as a personal way of grieving the painful loss.
However, on Tuesday, July 15, 2026, the actor broke his silence, paying an emotional tribute to his late friend in a post shared on his Instagram page.
“On May 11th, I lost my best friend and brother, Alexx. Nothing prepares you for a loss like that,” he stated.
Ogbonna said the experience had completely changed his perspective on death, noting that people often see ambulances or hear news of death without fully grasping the pain until it affects someone close to them.
“You never truly understand the weight of death until it’s your own person inside that vehicle. Until the phone stops ringing forever. Until the chair beside you remains empty. Until the conversations you thought you had time to finish suddenly become memories,” he observed.
The actor revealed that the past two months had been filled with questions as he struggled to make sense of his friend’s death.
“That has been my reality. For the past two months, I’ve been
