Veteran actor, theatre director and broadcaster, Jide Ogungbade, is dead, Qed.ng can confirm.
The former drama producer with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) died in Lagos on Tuesday after a brief illness.
Born August 21, 1952 in Minna, Niger State, the native of Akoko-Ikare in Ondo State, Ogungbade was a multi-talented artiste, who was also a poet, playwright, singer and music composer.
He worked for over two decades as a drama producer with FRCN where he wrote, directed and produced hundreds of episodes of drama pieces that fetched him numerous awards.
Ogungbade later worked as trainer at the Radio Nigeria Training School, Oshodi, Lagos.
He is best remembered in the theatre circuit as the director of the famous Ajo Productions series of plays, which began in 1983 and culminated in the Ajo Festival of Plays in 1986.
He was also the assistant choirmaster of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, District 6 (Ayo Ni o) located on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos.
He is survived by children, grandchildren and relatives.
