I’m not stranded in the US – Don-Momoh, Kefee’s husband

Teddy Don-Momoh, Kefee’s widower, is certainly not happy concerning the reports that have been spreading these past weeks following his wife’s death. He had pleaded for the privacy of the family to be respected in these “trying times.”

The on-air personality has described as “mischievous” the news spreading around town that he was stranded in the US and looking for financial support.

In a release signed by his publicist, Chilee Agunanna, and made available to Saturday Beats, Don-Momoh said he would have to return home to Nigeria first and be on ground to receive the body of his wife.

He said he was finalising the required paperwork before Kefee’s body could be flown from the U.S. to Nigeria and “once those were done, more details of the burial plans would be released.”

Teddy said that Kefee’s family had requested that she be buried in her hometown, Okpara-Inland, Ethiope East Local Government, Edo State with a celebratory service in Sapele afterwards and that he was comfortable with that.

Those, according to him, are the only definite arrangements for his late wife’s burial so far.

Meanwhile, some members of the Nigerian entertainment industry gathered on Monday in Lagos to strategise on how to give the late singer, Kefee, a befitting burial.

Sammie Okposo spearheaded the meeting which also had the likes of Nikki Laoye, Anny Ibrahim, Tosin Martins, DJ Gosporella, Emem Ema, Wamilele, Princess, Tee-Y Mix, Perry Martins, Praise Machine, Mudi, Righteousman, Nene Soul Diva, Victor Gospogroove, Gordons and representatives from Kefee’s family in attendance.

Sammie noted that the death of Kefee had affected the Nigerian entertainment industry and the world over, not just the gospel music community in Nigeria.

“Kefee was a major contributor to the development of entertainment in Nigeria and the industry will be there for her even in death. We are going to bury her as a queen and it would be nice for us to work together to make her burial a grand affair. It would also be nice to use this opportunity to get our acts together as gospel artistes and entertainers in general because that is what Kefee would love,’’ he said.

Also speaking, Tosin Martins suggested that activities in honour of Kefee should extend beyond the immediate burial plans to include a more robust annual memorial symposium and other events which promote the interests and passion of Kefee for posterity’s sake.

A committee called the ‘Kefee Memorial Committee’ was thus constituted to plan the various events which would hold in Lagos and Sapele.