Nigeria’s movie industry, Nollywood, has been thrown into mourning with the death of a legendary Yoruba actor, Alhaji Ayobami Mudashir Olabiyi, popularly known as Bobo B.
Olabiyi, a prominent figure in the Yoruba film scene, reportedly died after battling an illness.
The news of Olabiyi’s death was disclosed by the Governor of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) in Oyo State, Yeye Bose Akinola.
The late actor reportedly missed a scheduled movie shoot in Oyo State in September due to his health condition.
He was hospitalised at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, where he reportedly lost the ability to speak or move before his passing on.
Akinola, who also noted that Olabiyi was until his death TAMPAN’s National Secretary, expressed her condolences, saying, “I have a directive from Her Excellency Yeye Bose Akinola, the Oyo State TAMPAN governor, to announce the death of our TAMPAN National General Secretary, Chief Alhaji Mudashir Ayobami Olabiyi ‘Bobo B.’ May God grant his family and all TAMPAN members the strength to cope with this loss. Insha Allah, Amen.”
