Relative Raises Fresh Allegations Against Alexx Ekubo's Stepmother
Another relative of the late Nollywood actor Alexx Ekubo has come forward with serious allegations against the actor's stepmother, accusing her of cutting off other family members from burial preparations and arranging his marriage without their knowledge. In a Facebook post on Friday, June 26, Clinton Ekubo claimed that the stepmother sidelined Alexx's biological mother and sister, Chioma, during the burial planning.
Clinton alleged that he was the only family member allowed to see Alexx's corpse and had to insist on supervising proceedings. He questioned why the burial was rushed, suggesting that something was being hidden from the family. He also pointed out a blood clot in the actor's eye, asking if that was a symptom of the cancer that reportedly caused his death.
Blood Clot and Rushed Burial Raise Questions
“I think I was the only family member that saw his corpse and stood my ground to supervise what was going on? Her family members were everywhere as if it was their own. The burial arrangement was rushed as if there was something somebody is trying to cover for us. Nobody is explaining what really happened to our son. How come the blood clot on his eyes? Is blood clot part of the cancer? We also heard that Alex Ekubo was brought to the hospital dead. My uncle (father) knew nothing about all this. His death announcement was a shock to me and was buried like that. My uncle is responding to his wife because, he is at his wife’s mercy forgetting that we own him and his son Alex,” Clinton wrote.
He also expressed dismay that the family was not informed about Alexx's marriage. According to Clinton, the stepmother arranged for her best friend's daughter to marry Alexx without the knowledge of the Ekubo Okwaraeke family. “His step mother arranged her best friend’s daughter for Alex, for a wife without Ekubo Okwaraeke family’s knowledge and the marriage was done just like that. We were shocked when we heard that Alex was married. I personally asked, what is going on?” he stated.
Alienation from Biological Family
Clinton further accused the stepmother of alienating Alexx from his biological mother and sister. He claimed that Alexx lost interest in his paternal family and attended only events on the stepmother's side. “She channeled Alex Ekubo to her family, while there was nothing we do in Ekubo Okwaraeke family that he will attend or show interest. Alex lost interest in our family to the extent that he attends every single marriages done in her family. There was no intimacy between Alex and Chioma, his own biological sister from the same mother and became too close to his stepmother’s children which I don’t understand,” he added.
The relative also revealed that the family was unaware of Alexx's illness until his death was announced publicly by the stepmother. “Alex was sick, and nobody knew till death. He died. We, the family, don't know that our son was sick and dead till it was announced to the public by his stepmother. Alex rejected his biological mother while he was alive and doesn’t want anything to do with her. His biological mother is still alive,” he said.
Social Media Reactions
The allegations have sparked mixed reactions on social media. User do2dtun commented, “Can you all get out. Once they can’t get a hold of something, they crash out. The boy is gone. Let him rest. Anyone can choose to marry however and whoever they choose. We are too entitled hence the institution is bother-line too many cooks spoil the soup. Make Una rest. The boy don go.” Another user, neemohkiddies, said, “If he has been parading his stepmom as his mom all along and y’all had no issue with it then don’t come on here to tell us anything. For him to love his stepmom that much, it therefore means she’s a good mother to him. Case closed!”
User sugarestbeddings commented, “This is one story I and many other sincerely and deeply do not wish to hear but we wish you people well, carry una matter enter inside abeg abeg.” Meanwhile, i.am.beulah reacted, “Seems like Alex left his properties for his wife, step mum and his sister. That’s the pain here I see.”
Previous Allegations by Cousin
These allegations come hours after Alexx's cousin, David Ekubo, publicly questioned the circumstances surrounding the actor's death and burial, stating that the family still deserves answers. The controversy has also attracted attention from blogger Cutie Juls, who claimed that individuals connected to the family tried to involve her platform in publishing damaging allegations against people close to the late actor.
