Actress Lala Akindoju has penned down an emotional tribute to late actor Karibi Fubara who died in December 2021.
In a message written on Instagram on Tuesday, Lala recounted her first encounter with the deceased, remembering the good moments they shared together.
She wrote: “Karibi was no ordinary man. Once you meet him, you never forget him. I first met him when we were shooting the very first Season of #GidiUp for Ndani tv. The first thing I noticed was his professionalism and how serious he took everything he did. Karibi too the phrase “an actor prepares” to the next level.
“He would ask for time and when he said he was ready, he was READY. We became friends and colleagues and we would compare notes on different industry issues, casting matters, actors and quality of work. When it came to working matters, Karibi was a professor. No holding back, no cutting corners and always wanting better.
Speaking further, she wrote: “We did hope for a better outcome, but in those 18 months, Karibi taught me so much. Every message, voice note, & video was an opportunity for Karibi to remind me about fulfilling God’s will & focusing on eternal things. Truthfully, Karibi was really heaven-focused and he didn’t hide his total surrender to God.
“I really wish Karibi didn’t die, that I wasn’t writing this, that all our plans and hopes will now remain just plans & hopes. But, I am grateful I met you Karibi, I’m grateful I knew & experienced you. You were such a fine gentleman, an outstanding talent, a person of integrity, a dependable friend and brother and a fantastic husband to Yolanda. I do not deny the pain but I am encouraged because I know, to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ.”
Karibi’s funeral service will hold on February 11, 2022.
