Veteran
Yoruba actor, Dele Odule has joined millions of Nigerians and family
members in mourning the abrupt demise of his colleague, Olumide Bakare.
Dele Odule
The Nigerian entertainment industry was again thrown into mourning
when talented and popular actor, Olumide Bakare, passed on in the early
hours of Saturday.
According to reports, the 65-year-old thespian died on his way to
the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State, after his health
suddenly took a turn for the worse. It will be recalled that the veteran
actor had been ill for some time with lung and heart disease.
Reacting to his death, actor and President of the Theatre Arts and
Motion Pictures Producers Association of Nigeria, Dele Odule, lamented
that Bakare died without reaping the fruits of his labour.
He said, “It is very saddening. I know that death is inevitable
and everybody would go someday. The most unfortunate thing about his
death is that he did not reap the fruits of his labour. He never enjoyed
the dividends of stardom.
"What is the essence of being very popular without having money
to take care of himself? He spent his life entertaining people and
making them happy and I’m sad that his life ended that way.
“He was a member of tampan and we would try to work out some
things to immortalise him so that people wouldn’t forget him easily
because he made a lot of contributions to the industry.”
In a similar vein, ace role-interpreter, Kareem Adepoju, aka Baba Wande, expressed shock at Bakare’s death.
“I was very saddened when I heard the news of his death because
he was a young man. I heard that he was sick and had recovered so I was
shocked to learn that he was dead.
“He was a very good person and we worked together several times
during his lifetime. He was a very jovial and humorous person who was
committed to his job. We still worked together recently and he doesn’t
like bothering people whenever he was on location,” he said.
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