In what could be described as one of the biggest comebacks to the screen in Nigeria’s Nollywood industry, ace actor and movie producer, Chidi Mokeme, was far beyond ordinary in his appearance and role as a terror-personified political stooge and villain in Shanty Town.
Mokeme, in the new Netflix movie produced by celebrity and legendary actresses Ini Edo, played the role of Scar Aboderin, a character that wholly quantifies the personality of a popular lead thug and political villain in Lagos state.
Since the movie hit Netflix, a subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service, Nigerians have taken to social media to commend Mokeme’s artistic brilliance and topnotch delivery of the role despite his hiatus from the screen.
Amid an outpouring of love from Nollywood fans, Ikejabird highlights some facts about the 50-year-old actor.
1. Chidi Mokeme hails from Oba in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria.
2. He was born 17 March 1972.
3. His full name is Chidiebere G. A. Mokeme, and he is a son of Oba na Idemili, Anambra state.
4. Mokeme often describes himself as an actor, producer, director, filmmaker, master of ceremonies, transformational speaker, designer, entrepreneur and lifematician.
5. Mokeme who weighs 95kg is a polyglot as he can speak Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, Hausa and English.
6. Mokeme is married to Jean Olumba Mokeme and the union is blessed with two kids.
