Veteran broadcaster and Nollywood actor, Sadiq Abubakar Daba, is dead.
The actor, simply called Sadiq Daba, died on Wednesday evening after a prolonged battle with leukemia and prostate cancer.
His death was confirmed by filmmaker Kunle Afolayan with whom he worked recently on the 2020 motion picture, Citation.
According to Afolayan, the ace broadcaster died on the evening of Wednesday, March 3rd,He said he spoke with his wife and son who confirmed his passing to him.
Daba’s acting career came to prominence in the late 1970s, starring in Cockcrow at Dawn among others.
He became more popular after featuring in Kunle Afolayan’s October 1st movie where he played the role of as “Inspector Waziri”.
He went on to win the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.
The deceased had announced his diagnosis of leukemia and prostate cancer in 2017 and was supported with fundraising by many Nigerians.
