Tag: Femi Ogunrombi

OJIGBIJIGBI: Fatomilola, Ayoyinka, Ogunrombi; Close Up On 3 Papa Ajascos

Ganiyu Amodu

Death of Ogunrombi, a trained nurse turned veteran actor, and misrepresentation in major media + how Platforms Africa stood out   Peter Oladele Fatomilola, was the first to play the role of Papa Ajasco in the Wale Adenuga’s television comedy “Papa Ajasco and Company”. He hails from Ido/Osi Local Government in Ekiti State. An actor of great substance. Abiodun Ayoyinka followed. He is better known by the Family name Abiodun Ayoyinka, is a popular Actor. He was born on 1960, in Nigeria. He hails from Ijebu in Ogun State. Abiodun…

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Veteran Actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is Dead

Abibat Babalola

How the trained nurse turned Nollywood veteran breathed his last, colleague shares Femi Ogunrombi’s last moments   Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular #waleadenugaprod comic series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is dead. “I am told that the actor,…

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