Posted on: 11:16 Sat, 22 Apr 2017

Nigerians and the entire Nollywood have been thrown into a state of mourning following the untimely demise of prolific actor, Olumide Bakare.



Olumide Bakare who shuttles between the Yoruba and English language divide of the entertainment industry has shockingly died.

The popular actor died in the early hours of Saturday according to his personal assistant, who was with him when he passed away.

Bakare, who has been sick for more than a year, was discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) last year after he was allegedly diagnosed with a respiratory disorder problem.

It was gathered that the actor was yet to fully recover from the sickness that kept him indoors for months.

His health, it was learnt, got worse in the middle of the night and was said to have called his personal assistant to take him to UCH in the middle of the night but died before he could be conveyed to the hospital.