Joy Onuorah

Ace veteran actor and filmmaker, Yinka Ogundamisi, has passed away after a protracted health battle that included the paralysis of his legs.

Recall that Ogundamisi had suffered the paralysis of his legs, a condition for which he sought financial aid to undergo surgery.

It was gathered that he initially had complications of twisted intestines, hernia, and enlarged prostrate in 2013.

Ogundaisi who was an actor, writer, and director of films and TV and Radio programmes, Subsequently, he suffered complications resulting from back pains he was said to have battled for several years.

He was the next actor to play the legendary Sango in the film ‘Oba Koso’ after the late Duro Ladipo.

He was credited with resuscitating and repackaging the longest-running Yoruba TV programme ‘Feyikogbon’.

Ogundaisi was also a member of the cast of ‘The Village Headmaster’.

He had also authored a crime fiction novel ‘The Charmed Lock’ based on African hypnotism.