RIP: Veteran Comic Actor Baba Suwe is Dead – Death Cause Update. Babatunde Omidina, also known as Baba Suwe, was a veteran Nigerian comic actor. Bolaji Amusan, also known as Mr Latin, the president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria, confirmed his death. According to reports, the actor passed away today.
“It has been confirmed that Baba Suwe is dead,” Mr. Latin told The Punch in an exclusive interview. I just spoke with his son, who confirmed that the actor is no longer alive. I don’t have a lot of information about his death.”
He was born on August 22, 1958, in Inabere Street on Lagos Island, where he grew up, but he is originally from the Ikorodu Local Government Area in Lagos State.
Omidina had his primary education at Jamaitul Islamia Primary School in Lagos and Children Boarding School, Osogbo before he proceeded to Adekanbi Commercial High School in Mile 12, Lagos. He obtained the West African School Certificate from Ifeoluwa Grammar School in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.
Omidina began acting in 1971 but came into the limelight after he featured in a movie titled, ‘Omolasan’, a film produced by Obalende.
He became more popular after he featured in Iru Esin, produced by Olaiya Igwe in 1997. He had also featured in and produced several Nigerian movies such as Baba Jaiye Jaiye, a movie that featured Funke Akindele and Femi Adebayo.
In 2011, he was accused of cocaine trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, an allegation that was described as false and defamatory by the ruling of the Lagos State High Court. His solicitor was the late Bamidele Aturu, a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist.
The comic actor has been suffering a partial stroke since his ordeal with the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) ten years ago.
In 2011, the veteran thespian was arrested by the NDLEA with claims that he was in possession of substances suspected to be cocaine.
He was accused of drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, an allegation that was described as false and defamatory by the ruling of the Lagos high court of law.
The late actor said injections given to him in NDLEA detention to defecate the suspected substances crippled him after which he was found not to be in possession of hard drugs.
In an interview in June with news men, he had said “I have not forgotten about my issue with the NDLEA and I will never forget because I am still bearing the pains and suffering from that encounter. I am still affected by the inflictions they meted on me at that time.
“As I speak with you, I cannot walk with both my legs. Just to visit the toilet in my room, I have to be carried there. Even using the toilet is a problem as well.
“Although I travel abroad for medical check-up, my body is still not okay at all. As I said, I cannot walk to my toilet at all without assistance. This development began about a week or two ago. Before then, I hardly walk properly and anyone who sees me would know that I have difficulty walking.”
The veteran actor, while narrating his experience in the hands of the NDLEA personnel, said, “When I was in the custody of the NDLEA, they searched me, injected me, asked me to go to the toilet, but they never found any cocaine inside my system. I defecated there and they did not see anything.
Omidina began his acting career in 1971 and came into limelight after he featured in a movie titled, Omolasan.
He became more popular after he featured in Iru Esin in 1997.
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