By The Daily Newswave
Veteran Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, known better as Baba Suwe has died at the age of 63 after prolonged health issues that led to his disappearance from the screen.
The comic actor known for his unusual dressing pattern was said to have breathed his last on Monday. His daughter, Adesola Omidina, who announced the development did not revealed cause of the actor’s death.
Confirming the incident, the President of the Theatre and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN Bolani Amusan, known better as Mr Latin said that though details of Baba Suwe’s death were still sketchy, the actor’s son had personally called him to break the sad news.
The Yoruba actor was in 2019 admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH Idi Araba, in Lagos State over an unknown ailment. He was in April 2019 flown to the United States of America, where he went for treatment after falling ill to diabetes with the support of Rev Esther Ajayi, who supported the oversea medical treatment with a sum of N10million.
Also, in 2011, the actor was detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on suspicion of drug trafficking after a body scanner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos identified suspected drugs in his stomach.
With the assistance of his lawyer, the late Bamidele Aturu, the allegation was described as false and defamatory by the ruling of a Lagos High Court. Since these incidents actor has not been active for years due to his failing health, which many attribute to his incarceration by the NDLEA.