Popular Nollywood Director Is Dead

Frank Igho Okpokoro Vaughan

Popular Nigerian filmmaker, Frank Igho Okpokoro Vaughan, has reportedly passed on.

Vaughan, who hails from Delta State, reportedly died in Warri on Tuesday after a protracted battle with illness.

The sad news was confirmed to journalists by his younger brother, Philip Okpokoro, a cinematographer and series director of ‘Nigerian Idols’ reality TV show.

The former Vice President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), played a crucial role in shaping the Nigerian movie industry and mentoring aspiring filmmakers.

He is a seasoned TV producer/director and also a current affairs and political analyst.

Before he died, Vaughan, who was in his 1960s, was lately a pastor with Dominion City Church, Asaba, Delta State.