June 15, (THEWILL) – Ace Movie maker, Yinka Ogundaisi, has passed on after battling with some protracted illness, including paralysis of the leg. A source close to the family confirmed his death on Wednesday.
Ogundaisi had suffered paralysis on his legs, a condition for which he sought financial aid to undergo surgery. It was gathered that he initially had complications of twisted intestines, hernia, and enlarged prostate in 2013.
Subsequently, he suffered complications resulting from back pains, he was said to have battled for several years.
Ogundaisi was an actor, writer and director of films, TV and Radio programmes.
He was the next actor to play the legendary Sango in the film Oba Koso, after the late Duro Ladipo.
He was credited with resuscitating and repackaging the longest-running Yoruba TV programme ‘Feyikogbon’.
Ogundaisi was also a member of the cast of The Village Headmaster.
He had also authored a crime fiction novel The Charmed Lock, based on African hypnotism.
