Olumide Bakare, popular Nollywood actor dead
By NAN
22 April 2017 |
1:04 pm
According to media reports, Bakare, who has been sick for more than a year was discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) last year after he was allegedly diagnosed with a respiratory disorder problem.
Olumide Bakare,65, Nollywood popular actor is dead.He died in the early hours of Saturday.
According to media reports, Bakare, who has been sick for more than a year was discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) last year after he was allegedly diagnosed with a respiratory disorder problem.
The Ibadan-based actor and former NTA staff, fondly called Chief Koko on the heels of his role in a TV series, ‘Koko Close’ back in the days, had been battling ill-health since 2013.
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