Rise to stardom, health battles, other things to know about comic actor, Baba Suwe

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Veteran comic actor, Babatunde Omidina fondly referred to as Baba Suwe, died at 63 on Monday, as confirmed by the president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria

Though Baba Suwe hails from the Ikorodu local government area of Lagos State, he was born on August 22, 1958, in Lagos Island, the same area where he started his acting career., Baba Suwe had stated that he began his career while he was in secondary school by joining a group known as the Osumare Theatre Group., the group became popular and moved to Lagos Television for their stage plays.

He said, “While at LTV 8, we had gone for a stage play, and after the performance, some people walked up to me and asked if I was the one in costume that just left the stage. I told them I was the one and they asked if I could perform at their station, which was NTA Channel 7. “They also invited me to the National Theatre where we used to have 10-minute performances. We were then told to perform at their station. Their producer then was called Gani Kasumu.

“They really loved our first performance and we ended up recording 13 episodes of the programme. That was how the ‘world’ got to know about Baba Suwe and we became very popular.”Iru Esin, Oju Oloju, Baba Londoner,Ko tan si be, Aso Ibora,Alfa Nla, Ayedun, Baba Jaiye Jaiye, Baba Londoner, Eku Meji, Ojo Ale, Agbefo, Oju Oloju,The actor’s health battle was made public in 2019 when he was said to be battling an undisclosed sickness.

 

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