Media personality Daddy Freeze has stated that the late actor Alex Ekubo wasn’t going to glory, explaining why he wore black to the actor’s service of songs against the stipulated white dress code.
The service of songs was held in Lagos on June 10, 2026, with the dress code clearly written on the invitation. Daddy Freeze and his wife have been in the news since the event after wearing black contrary to the dress code.
Speaking amid the backlash, Daddy Freeze admitted that it was wrong for him to go against the dress code but attributed it to an oversight.
“Yes I was wrong to have gone with black, but I honestly did not see that part of the invite, my eyes did not go there. The dress code was written at the corner of the invite sent to me. I didn’t see where they wrote white only,” he said during an Instagram live session.
“So what I was saying was for me, I don’t see what they were rejoicing, I don’t see what the concept was about. But for me, it was sorrowful because somebody who was that young at least compared to me. He did not meet me in secondary school, my mother’s youngest child is one year older than Alex.”
“So for me, he was not going to glory, he was a tragic loss until we were able to wrap our head around that. Yes I agree that he has gone to a better place but I just don’t agree that he needed to go now, neither do I agree with the people that were saying Christ died at 33. What Christ achieved at 33, I’m sure Alex would have loved to stay longer to achieve that much. He had no business dying.”
“I do not believe that service of songs has a dress code. The part of Nigeria that I come from, na black or traditional that they wear to funeral, I did not understand the white. I just thought that we were mourning. In my own mind, white and service of songs did not go together. I’m very sorry if you feel offended,” he added.
