The Yoruba Nollywood veteran actor, Alhaj Hakeem
Gbolagade Akinpelu popularly known as Ogun Majek (Alias: Gudugudu A b’Eyin
Jakanjakan) at last surrendered to the cold hand of death at early hour of 25
June, 2020. The gifted actor who was said to have been under the weather for
some time was said to have given up the ghost Thursday morning at his Imalenfalafia
home, Oke-Ado, Ibadan, Oyo State of Nigeria. The veteran actor nurtured strange
ailment before resort to his last repose. May His gentle rest in perfect peace.
The President of Theatre Arts and Movie
Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr. Latin, also
confirmed his death.
.
The death of the actor was confirmed in a
Facebook post by veteran filmmaker Tunde Ola-Yusuf.
The post
reads:
“From him we come and onto him we shall return.
Alh. Gbolagade Akinpelu Ogunmajek has returned to his creator on 25 June, 2020
11:48am. May God Almighty rest his soul among the righteous.”
The President of Theatre Arts and Movie
Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr. Latin, also
confirmed his death.
The news of
his death came barely 48 hours after the death of fellow actor Bose Adewoyin better
known as Madam Tinubu.
Adewoyin who
is best known for her role as Madam Tinubu in ‘EFUNROYE TINUBU’ died on Tuesday
morning, 23 June, 2020.
Until her death, Bose Adewoyin was a staff of
the Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, where she had participated in
many editions of the National Festival of Arts and Culture, NAFEST.
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