Family begins burial plans for Kefee

It’s been about 11 days since Nigerian Gospel singer Kefee Obareki-Don-Momoh died in the US, throwing Nigeria fans into mourning.

The singer according to her minder suffered from lungs failure, while she was hospitalized in a Las Vegas hospital, after spending 15 days in a coma.

The entertainment industry has mourned with many celebrities writing tributes to her and everybody has seemingly moved on.

The controversy over the late singer’s rumoured pregnancy has also been cleared – Kefee’s UK manager Adeline Adebayo in statement confirming the singer’s death stated that Kefee was NOT pregnant before she died.

‘The husband is still processing a death certificate and all necessary documents to enable him bring her back home’, a source close to the family disclosed.


Meanwhile, Kefee’s immediate family including her husband Teddy Don-Momoh have all chosen to remain silent. The family is still devastated over their loss and are yet to open a condolence register for the late singer.
NET visited the family house in Mende, Maryland but was unable to speak with any family member. The singer’s restaurant ‘Branama Kitchen’ which is also located in Mende and is run by her family has also been shut down.

‘Them never open shop since, no so we hear say Kefee die. It is very sad’, a roadside trader told our correspondent who visited neighbourhood.

Sources however tell us that burial plans are underway and things will begin to take shape as soon as the body lands.

‘We’ve not heard anything yet. I’m waiting to speak with Teddy, then I can discuss with you about everything’, Kefee’s personal assistant Uche told NET over the phone.

Kefee we learn, along with Teddy, had spent the past few months in the US attending film school and were planning to return to Nigeria to setup a production company FourEleven Concepts, which would shoot videos and manage artistes.

We earlier reported that Kefee’s corpse arrived Nigeria via a Delta Airline flight on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. After obtaining the flight manifest, we have discovered the information was wrong. Her corpse, we have been told by a spokesperson, is still in the U.S.

The family will announce burial plans in due course.