By Deborah Hassan
365Daily– Veteran Yoruba comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, widely known as Baba Suwe, is dead.
The news of his demise was disclosed by the son of the actor, Adesola Morenikeji Omidina, on his Instagram page on Monday, November 22, 2021.
Born on August 22, 1958, in Inabere Street, Lagos Island, Baba Suwe hailed from Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Omidina had his primary education at Jamaitul Islamial Primary School in Lagos and Children Boarding School, Osogbo, before he proceeded to Adekanbi Commercial High School in Mile 12, Lagos state but obtained the West African School Certificate from Ifeoluwa Grammar School in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.
Omidina began acting in 1971 but came into the limelight after he featured in a movie titled, Omolasan, produced by Obalende.
The movie, Iru Esin, produced by Olaiya Igwe in 1997, brought him fame. He also left a mark in the Yoruba movie industry having featured and produced several Nigerian movies such as Baba Jaiye jaiye, a movie that featured Funke Akindele and Femi Adebayo, the son of the veteran actor, Adebayo Salami.
In 2011, he was embroiled in a controversy after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) accused him of cocaine trafficking.
He was later cleared of the allegation by a Lagos High Court which described it as false and defamatory.