Veteran actor and
dramatist, Joseph Abiodun Babatunde Adu, popularly known as Jab Adu, is dead..A source close to the
foremost thespian said he passed on in his Abeokuta, Ogun State home early
Sunday morning.
While the details of his
demise still remain sketchy, the source according to PM News said the man
renowned for his role as ‘Bassey Okon’ in the popular Nigerian Television
Authority, NTA, drama series titled ‘The Village Headmaster’, has been
contending with minor illness associated with old age.
Trained as a
professional banker before settling for acting, the late Jab Adu had an
illustrious career on stage, television and film.
He left banking in 1970
and went into full acting, writing and production.
He was more renowned in
acting but his creative pedigree transcended not just acting that he was very
well known for on the screen.
Jab Adu, while alive,
was a devotee of Grail Message Movement.
May his soul RIP....Amen.
Source: PM News
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