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Yinka Ogundaisi: Veteran actor reportedly ill, in dire need of financial assistance (photo)
Veteran actor, writer and director Yinka Ogundaisi is reportedly in poor condition and is in dire need of financial assistance.
Recall that the Nigerian entertainment industry has lost a number of talented individuals to the cold hands of death this year alone.
In order to prevent that from happening again, celebrities have been encouraged to speak up about their plight so as to get help from kind-hearted individuals.
A Facebook user identified as Yinka Akanbi, recently took to the social networking site to draw fans’ attention to the state of the veteran actor, writer and director, Yinka Ogundaisi.
Yinka Akanbi wrote:
“Yinka Ogundaisi needs our financial assistance to be able to stand up and walk again. Yinka Ogundaisi is an actor, writer and director of films and TV programmes.
He was the next actor to play the legendary Sango in ‘Oba Koso’ after late Chief Duro Ladipo. He resuscitated and repackaged the longest-running Yoruba TV programme, ‘FEYIKOGBON.’
A member of cast of ‘The Village Headmaster,’ he also authored a crime fiction titled ‘The Charmed Lock.’
His movie credits include;
– Give and Take– 1990
– Destiny – 1995
– Hostess – 1999
– Ọmọge (Damsel) – 2007
– Pardonable, Unforgiveable – 2016
See his Facebook post below:
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