Another Yoruba actor, Olurotimi
Ayinde, a.k.a Abu Olododo, has died in Abeookuta, Ogun State, on Sunday night
at the age of 51.
His death came a few hours after
the death of seasoned actor, poet and journalist, Adebayo Faleti, was
announced.
A friend and colleague of Ayinde,
Waheed Ijaduade, brought his departure to the attention of the public in a
statement posted on Facebook on Monday.
Later, Ijaduade, in a telephone
interview with the PUNCH, described Ayinde’s death as sudden. Claiming that he
had a brief phone conversation with the deceased on Sunday night, he said, “We
chatted for a while on that night. He even asked me about the outcome of a
summit that I attended in Lagos. We talked about other things and we agreed to
meet on Monday or Tuesday before I went to bed. I went to his residence to see
him the following day (Monday) as agreed only to learn that he was dead.”
Possibly Ayinde’s relatives or
co-tenants, Ijaduade implied in his account, had decided to open the door of
his room when he failed to show up in the morning and found him in a sitting
position and lifeless.
It was gathered that Ayinde did
not complain of ill-health before he died. “He never told me that he was sick.
He appeared to be quite healthy when I spoke with him on the phone. His death
remains a mystery to me,” Ijaduade said.
The actor has since been buried
according to Muslim rites.
He was aged 51 and married with
four children.
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