Ace Nigerian producer, Babatunde Okungbowa aka OJB Jezreel is dead, Naij.com reports.
He was said to have died early this
morning, June 14, in a Lagos hospital. This is coming just one month to
his 50th birthday. A family source claim that his kidney transplant
failed completely since last week. Recall that the producer was down
with kidney related disease, and consequently was flown to India for a
transplant in 2013. On October 21, the singer successfully underwent the
surgery at the Indian hospital.
After the successful surgery, the
producer came out to thank all his well-wishers, especially his first
wife Mabel Okungbowa, popularly called Mama J, who accompanied him on
the trip and donated her kidney to him. However, in 2015, the veteran
Nigerian musician and producer was reported to have suffered a setback
in terms of recovery from his Kidney transplant; But he came forward to
deny such reports.
He sent out a broadcast message and
said: ”Hi my name is Babatunde okungbowa a.k.a OJB Jezreel. I’d like to
set the record straight, am at home and healthy with my family going
about my normal business. Obviously bloggers don’t research before they
post. If they did they would know that a transplant patient will always
do routine checkups cus of infections etc. Mmmm nuff said am sure hiptv,
orisun tv,encomium,el tv and black jerzie seeing and speaking with me
in the past 2 weeks. Wasn’t on a hospital bed or in one! Research proper
if it’s gossip worthy or not.”
OJB Jezreel is survived by three wives, June ‘Ama’, Korede and Mabel and many children.
