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Veteran Nollywood comic actor, Babatunde Omidina aka Baba Suwe, is dead (Video)
Veteran Nollywood comic actor, Babatunde Omidina aka Baba Suwe, has passed on.
According to BBC, his demise was announced by his son, Adesola Omidina, on social media. In the statement, the veteran thespian died on Monday, November 22 at age 63.
Recall that Omidina began acting in 1971 but came into limelight after he featured in a movie titled, Omolasan. He became more popular after he featured in Iru Esin, produced by Olaiya Igwe in 1997.
Early life
He was born on August 22, 1958, in Inabere Street in Lagos Island where he grew up but hails from Ikorodu local government area of Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
Omidina had his primary education at Jamaitul Islamial Primary School in Lagos and Children Boarding School, Osogbo before he proceeded to Adekanbi Commercial High School in Mile 12, Lagos state but obtained the West African School Certificate from Ifeoluwa Grammar School in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.
Omidina began acting in 1971 but came into the limelight after he featured in a movie titled, Omolasan, a film produced by Obalende.
He became more popular after he featured in Iru Esin, produced by Olaiya Igwe in 1997. He had featured and produced several Nigerian movies such as Baba Jaiye jaiye, a movie that featured Funke Akindele and Femi Adebayo, the son of the veteran actor Adebayo Salami.
In 2011, he was accused of cocaine trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, an allegation that was described as false and defamatory by the ruling of the Lagos high court of law.