Veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Chico Ejiro has passed away.
Ejiro passed away on Christmas Day morning from a seizure just after directing a new Nollywood movie on Christmas Eve.
With over a hundred movies to his credit, Ejiro is a foremost movie producer, director and screenwriter in Nigeria.
Ejiro who studied Agriculture in school was drawn into video production because Nigerians would not buy blank video cassettes.
His two brothers, Zeb Ejiro and Peter Ejiro are also in the movie industry.
He is survived by his wife, Joy Ejiro and their four children.