Veteran Nigerian actor, Yinka Ogundaisi, has been buried in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria.
Ogundaisi, one of the Village Headmaster actors, who died on Wednesday morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, was buried on the evening of the same day in Ibadan.
The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a statement by Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to members of the Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a group the late filmmaker belonged to.
It reads: “Today, this morning, one phase of history came to an end. Erin ti wo. The elephant rises no more. Yinka Ogundaisi bid this world farewell at dawn. It was Kate Adepegba who dropped the bomb on my lap. I called Uncle Yinka’s number to confirm and rudely, it was so.”
“He died this morning and was buried this evening,” Ewenla said.
When asked if the deceased was a Muslim, the actor replied, “Well, I’m not sure but his daughter told me that they’ve moved him to Ibadan for burial. He died in LUTH this morning.”
Some reports online had claimed that the deceased had suffered paralysis of his legs which resulted from complications of twisted intestines, hernia, and enlarged prostate.
Though Ewenla could not ascertain the illness Ogundaisi suffered before his death, the actor confirmed that the deceased had been bedridden for years.