Kefee To Be Buried In Sapele On July 11

The remains of the late gospel singer, Irikefe Don-Momoh (nee Obareki) popularly known as Kefee would be laid to rest on Friday, July 11, 2014 in her hometown, Okpara-Inland, Ethiope East local government in Delta State.

The family disclosed this to members of the Kefee Memorial Committee who paid a condolence visit to the late singer’s parents in their Sapele, Delta State home on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Kefee’s publicist, Adeline in a statement said Kefee’s husband, Teddy Don-Momoh had been making arrangements to bring her body back from the US and would arrive the country first to receive her body before taking it down to Delta State for burial. Teddy had earlier indicated that his wife’s family had requested that she be buried in their hometown, with a celebratory service in Sapele afterwards and he was comfortable with the arrangement.

The condolence team who travelled to Sapele from Lagos included Sammie Okposo, Nikki Laoye, Annie Ibrahim, Gordons, Princess, Linda Etukudo, Rex Anighoro, Noah Momodu, Covenant and Chika 100 Percent. Sammie, who spoke on behalf of the committee, told Kefee’s family that they were in Sapele to commiserate with them on their loss and harmonise the arrangements of the Kefee Memorial Committee with the preparations of her family.

Kefee, a gospel artist had been active in the entertainment industry for the past ten years. She was born on February 5, 1980 in Sapele, Delta State and was known as the Branama Queen, in reference to her debut hit track and album ‘Branama’.

Kefee passed away on June 13, 2014, in the United States of America