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Photos: Nigerian Actor, Filmmaker Phil Ihed Found Dead In Bathroom In Smithfield North Carolina
March 12, 2016 – Pictures: Nollywood Actor, Filmmaker Philemon Ihediwa Found Dead In Bathroom In Smithfield North Carolina
The writer of Congo Boy In The City, a popular Nollywood movie which featured Kanayo O Kanayo and Patience Ozokwor has died.
Mr Philemon Ihediwa aka Phil Ihed’s problem started when he divorced his wife, Stella Ihediwa on the 18th of June 2010. After his divorce, his ex-wife filed several child support cases against him in conjunction with the North Carolina Child Support enforcement.
Ihed, as he was widely known in the US, was chased by the agonies and trauma of child support harassment.
Through the years, Philemon struggled to release the epic movie (Congo Boy in the city), but was constantly disturbed by the challenges of his divorce and child support payments. He became heartbroken, reclusive and rejected by his children.
He changed jobs occasionally, as he struggled to pay whopping child support monthly bills. In 2013, Ihed lost everything. He was near homeless, barely living in his storage: he hid his pains and troubles from those close to him until a family member mistakenly found out he was hanging onto life where he stored his little possessions. The family member offered him a place to start life anew.
Sometimes in the spring of 2015, Ihed moved to this small road town, Smithfield. He wanted to be far from years of sad memories from his marriage: he began recovery from rejection by his children. He relocated to a small town of Smithfield, North Carolina.
On Saturday evening, police found his bloated body in his apartment. He fell on the floor in his bathroom, hitting his head against the bathtub.
The deceased and his wife Stella married in 1996, the marriage blessed with 3 boys broke down 10 year later.
His body has been deposited in a morgue in North Carolina.
May his soul rest in peace (amen).
Prince Johnson Okpara
March 12, 2016 at 5:26 AM
RIP
But who is this insane-looking actor I don’t know him
Prof. Anya
March 16, 2016 at 9:03 AM
“Insane-looking” ??? You addressed a dead man that is not yet hurried this way ? Get a life man,
Metu Nyetu
March 12, 2016 at 5:29 AM
Sad story. RIP!
To think that he had hit his head on the bathtub, I recall how my BIG GOD saved me from that terrible accident sometime last year. Blessed be his name!
Olanrewaju
March 12, 2016 at 6:19 AM
RIP to the dead,my condolence goes to his family
chyna
March 12, 2016 at 7:10 AM
Rip sir
fifelomo
March 12, 2016 at 7:27 AM
Rip man
Jojo
March 12, 2016 at 8:49 AM
RIP , @ Metu I really thank God for your life because bathtub accident is very dangerous and in most cases leads to death.
Metu Nyetu
March 13, 2016 at 3:54 PM
You are right@Jojo. As God would have it, I came out with a looooooooong bruise from my wrist to my elbow and then another one at my upper arm. They are all sweet romance compared to what the devil had planned.
Tee
March 12, 2016 at 9:06 AM
So sad , he should have tried to return home when things not working out,he might start anew and probably link up with nollywood. abroad no dey easy o my people. especially with our women. RIP
INNOCENT
March 14, 2016 at 8:06 PM
That is a wise decision that was never taken. So sad indeed Phili that you ended life journey going bitter. Women should understand that marriage is a life time thing where tolerance and endurance is the right medicine.
Akpaa community in Abia state, Nigeria where you hail from mourn your death with sorrows of the heart.
RIP.
bussy
March 12, 2016 at 12:18 PM
May his soul rest in perfect peace
Oluwarotimi Kiladejo
March 12, 2016 at 12:45 PM
RIP
Oluwarotimi Kiladejo
March 12, 2016 at 12:49 PM
RIP
Maryf
March 12, 2016 at 5:31 PM
So painful, RIP
Amazon
March 12, 2016 at 8:32 PM
RIP Ihed. That’s why one has to be extremely careful before he jumps into marriage so as not to get the wrong partner
my lady
March 12, 2016 at 10:56 PM
rip
my lady
March 12, 2016 at 10:59 PM
so pathetic
my lady
March 12, 2016 at 11:01 PM
its a pity. may God save us from marital problem. it can turn a sane person to a mad person
Grace Peter
March 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM
May his soul rest in peace. hope his children are grown up to work that money to give their mum. his wife will live to regret his lost. May they pray for his spirit not to hunt them
comeandmarry
March 13, 2016 at 7:20 AM
Never carry a naija bitch abroad,once they know how USA system works,men youd regret for the rest of your damn life.
Nigerian women are useless
R.I.p
EGBERRI MAMA 1
March 13, 2016 at 7:42 AM
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. HIS SPIRIT WILL ONLY HUNT THEM IF D WOMAN IS AT FAULT . TERRIBLE THINGS SOME AFRICAN MEN DO ABROAD.AFTER 3 BOYS , WHY DID HE DIVORCE HIS WIFE ? CHILDREN ARE NO FOOLS,WHY ARE D CHILDREN REFUSING AND REJECTING HIM IF HE WAS THAT GOOD A FATHER ? SINCE HE SAW IT FIT TO DIVORCE , WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE 4 HIS SONS BILLS ? MY FATHER ? WHEN SOME OF THESE NIG MEN HV NO MONEY , THEY STICK TO THEIR NIGERIAN WIVES , IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE IN MONEY , THEY START GOING TO 9JA , DECIEVE LADIES IN 9JA , THAT THEY AREN,T MARRIED OR THEY ARE MERRIED TO WHITE WOMEN WHEN ORIGINALLY ,THEY ,RE MARRIED TO A FELLOW NIGERIAN .D WIFE GOT PROVOKED AND SUED HIM TO PAY D CHILDRENS BILLS .HE STILL HAS A CASE IN HEAVEN FOR DIVORCING AFTER 3 SONS . BLESSED ARE D MOURNERS FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED .
Wokeocha Paul
September 12, 2017 at 9:19 PM
God bless you bro. Let fools who doesn’t know the
Story put curses on themselves.
sola olaniyi
March 14, 2016 at 9:02 AM
R.I.P
Henry Oyier
March 15, 2016 at 5:50 PM
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. May his soul rest in eternal peace
Chiajulam Emeonye.
March 16, 2016 at 12:18 AM
So sad phil. We miss u.the last I saw u was 96 after the marriage. I was there.sad to here too that your brother too died iyke. Akpa mbato we miss u.though your are dead but your name will not be forgetting .Rip bro.
Wokeocha Paul
September 12, 2017 at 9:24 PM
God bless you bro. Let fools who doesn’t know the
Story put curses on themselves.
Wokeocha Paul
September 12, 2017 at 9:33 PM
You are another bloody liar. Phil never got married
In 1996. You said you were there!! Where?
Watch your tongue. All ye that support evil.
God is watching you., and will surely pay everyone
Accordingly. God will judge you.
INNOCENT
March 16, 2016 at 1:50 PM
Phili was a jolly good fellow. So say all of us. When a woman marries two husbands She will then be in a better position to tell of the two, who is or was more of a husband.The man dies.
Phili. Akpaa Mbato Community at home mourns you with tears running like a river.
RIP.
Tkb
April 1, 2016 at 3:58 PM
Sooo sad,Haa!May his soul rest in perfect peace.@Johnson Opara, obviously you are the insane one here,no human feelings,no respect for the dead, even if he was your enemy,what planet are you from, remember you too shall be gone one day.And pls what is wrong with his looks? I pity you.
GodsentPst
April 8, 2016 at 7:32 AM
Phil may you rest in peace!
I wish the family member who resettled you had thought it better to send you home to Nigeria!
Or had he thought of relocating you elsewhere in the US
You would be alive today.
But God understands better.
Now that you are dead, sure Stella is avenged. The remaining child support will now be take care of by the child… Or maybe the mother.
Well Phil… RIP!
Obi
August 20, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Rest in peace Phil de genuis. an Akpaa Mbato icon.