“Inpector Skede”, Popular Yoruba Film Actor Is Dead!

Skede is a popular name in the Yoruba movie industry, though well known for playing the role of a police officer with the stage name “Inspector Skede”.

Inspector Skede was said to have given up the ghost in the wee hours of today at his house, 4, Wey Street, Mushin, Lagos.

Report reaching us confirmed that he had been battling with ailments which have been diagnosed to be congestive cardiac failure and diabetics.

The ailments which later claimed his life was said to have manifested in him since 2011 and he was alleged to have resulted to self-medication when he could not afford hospital bills. He said to have been rushed to a hospital in 2014 when he collapsed; it was at the hospital that he was diagnosed of suffering from, congestive cardiac failure and diabetics.

Before his death, attempts were made by his colleagues in Yoruba movie genre of Nollywood to raise N2.5m for him to get appropriate medical care.

Inspector Skede was a producer of thriller movies like “Orun, Ole Afajo, Oja Warawara and Finuja and others”.