Ibrahim Chatta- Bio, Film, Net Worth, Wife, Sickness, 5 Quick Facts

Ibrahim Chatta is an award-winning Nigerian actor, producer, writer, director, and singer best known for his roles in Yoruba films including Atini O’go (2006) Mafi Wonmi (2008) Olokiki Oru: The Midnight Sensation (2019).

Biography

Popular as Ibrahim Chatta, he was born Ibrahim Abiodun Chatta on October 13th, 1970 in Bachita, Kwara State of Nigeria. He is currently 53 years old.

At a younger age, Chatta attends theatre play shows where he would meet Duro Ladipo, Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), and Ray Eyiwunmi (Baba Ray). Drawing inspiration from them, he dreamed to become one. He dreamt, worked, and started as an actor who would become well-known as far as Yoruba and Nigerian movie scenery is concerned.

Besides his acting career, he has proven his talent in entertainment taking part as a writer, director, producer, and singer. As a singer, he has performed more than a hundred soundtracks and other jingles in the Yoruba language.

His songs include ‘My Money’, Area, Friday Night, Boom Boom Boom, and another with Alhaji Abdulkabir Alayande.

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Films And Acting Career Of Ibrahim Chatta

There are many films attached to Chatta where he performed different roles from acting to directing and even producing and writing. As an actor, he has remained versatile. He has featured as a herbalist, a husband, a rich and even a poor man, and several others. Still, he has his boundaries in acting as he reportedly says he doesn’t intend to ever act as gay or practice the ‘Ifa’ religion 

Through ‘Aiyekoota’, Ibrahim Chatta became widely known. Still, there are several other films he’s involved in.

• Olokiki Oru: The Midnight Sensation (2019): Chatta directed, produced, wrote, and played the character of Ayero in the film that focuses on the fall of the old Oyo Empire and the quest for dominance, heart of a princess, and many other things.

Other films he was involved in include:

• Irawo Oke
• Akisa
• Leyin Igbeyawo
• Oluwo Agbaye
• Omin
• Odun Baku
• Akisa
• Aiye Dudu

In his career in the film industry, he has had several movie nominations and has also won a number. In 2012, he won the award of Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and in 2016, he became the Best Nollywood Actor for his role in ‘Ayekoto’

How Much Is The Net Worth Of Ibrahim Chatta?

It is mainly from his career in the movie industry that Chatta has garnered both fame and fortune. Also, he has made income from singing and endorsements. However, it is difficult to say how much exactly he has earned throughout his career years but several sources have reported his net worth differently from $100,000 to $160,000.

Who Is His Wife?

Ibrahim Chatta is currently married to Laide popularly known as Lizzy Berry. They became married on October 1, 2016.

Before his current marriage, he had been married to two different women as reported by many sources. His first wife identified as Olayinka Solomon. According to reports, Solomon had accused Chatta of battery but the actor in his defense denied the allegation.

However, according to a report, Olayinka Solomon claimed she is “not his wife or his former wife” but his colleague.

He became married to Salamatu Mafiaji in 2012  and were later divorced. Salamu then claimed he was a womanizer, a gold digger and his battery over her led to a miscarriage. Like the first, Chatta denied the allegation and would go on to claim that Salamatu had stopped loving him a long time ago, but he still fought for the marriage. There are many other controversies linked to his marriages.

Chatta has 2 children–one from his first marriage, and the other, a daughter from his marriage to his present wife Lizzy.

Truth About His Sickness

The news of his sickness broke out after a picture of him on a sickbed was shared on his Instagram page with the caption “pls stay safe…” As a result, people reached out to him to wish him a quick recovery and other sources would go on to claim he was critically down with a mysterious ailment.

Ibrahim, however, came out through a video to appreciate people for the concern about his health. It was then he made it known that he was not sick but the picture he shared earlier was from a movie scene he was still working on.

5 Quick Facts About Ibrahim Chatta

1. He dropped out of school and never completed his secondary education.
2. He worked as a bus conductor before attaining fame.
3. His second wife Salamatu is the daughter of Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi, former Kwara State governor, and a Senator.
4. Rumors about him being a wife-beater have ripped him off of many endorsement deals.
5. He loves to farm and has started it as a business.

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