Nigerian entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning as singer, Kefee Obareki Don Momoh is dead
She passed on in the early hours of today, after being in coma for weeks in an undisclosed American hospital. She went into a coma after collapsing on a 14-hour flight about a two weeks ago – a close family source revealed she was diagnosed of having pre-eclampsia – pregnancy induced high blood pressure.
OAP Yaw, a close friend of her husband, OAP Teddy Don Momoh confirmed the news on Wazobia Fm this morning, saying “One of her our very own is dead….may her soul rest in peace”..several other entertainers have confirmed it.
Kefee whose music career started at age eight in her church choir, was famous for her gospel songs ‘Branama’ and ‘Kokoroko’. Until her death, she resided happily with her husband in the US and managed her restaurant – Branama Kitchen – in Lagos.
Her management/family is yet to make any official statement but condolence messages have started pouring in.