Breaking: Veteran Nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare is dead

Veteran Nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare, has passed on after a failed battle with a heart and lung disease.

His personal assistant, who said he died in the early hours of Saturday on his way to the hospital, announced his death.

Mr. Bakare has been sick for over a year and reports say aside from suffering low blood flow into the heart, there were also indications of a lung-related disease.

He suffered cardiac arrest earlier in the year and was rushed to the emergency unit of University College Hospital where he was placed in intensive care.

Mufu Onifade, former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), has confirmed his death in a statement.

“He had a successful surgery and after the surgery, he talked to people and told them he was fine. But two hours later, he passed on. It is very painful because I had actually been wishing him a quick recovery,” he said.