Veteran Nigerian actor, Ojo Arowosafe popularly known as Fadeyi Oloro, has passed away.
Gatekeepers News reports that Arowosafe, who featured as Fadeyi Oloro in ‘Arelu,’ a classic Yoruba TV series of the 80s.
The actor’s daughter, Fasunwon Bidemi Oluwafunke confirmed that her father died on Tuesday evening after several years of ill health.
Last month, Fadeyi was featured in a live Instagram session with Daddy Freeze, the media personality.
During the session, the Veteran Yoruba actor appealed to the public for financial assistance to foot his medical bills.
His plea attracted the attention of Tobi Adegboyega, the UK-based Nigerian pastor of SPAC Nation, who gifted him the sum of N3 million.
Daddy Freeze also disclosed that some unnamed persons supported Fadeyi with an additional N261,000.
Born on September 15, 1957, in Igbara Odo, Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, Arowosafe gained fame during the cinematic era for his antagonistic roles and energetic recitation of incantations in Yoruba movies.
He has also featured in hundreds of films like ‘Alagbara Ilu’, ‘Jagun Ina’, ‘Inu Bibi’, ‘IJA Abija’, ‘Osimi Ika’, ‘Adani Lori’, ‘Fitu Fona’, ‘Ruke Rudo’, ‘Bola Ele’, and ‘Ade Ogun’.
