The Nigerian leisure and academia worlds have been plunged into unhappiness over the demise of veteran actor and tutorial, Professor Adekola Akanbe Gabriel Oyewo, popularly generally known as Professor Kola Oyewo.
He was 80 years outdated.
The information of his passing was introduced on Friday, June 12, 2026, via a message shared on Fb by his son, Adetoyese Oyewo, who paid tribute to the life and achievements of the late actor.
In his assertion, Adetoyese expressed his deep unhappiness at his father’s loss, saying he lived a life full of “love, knowledge, power and kindness.”
“It’s with deep emotions that I mourn the passing of my beloved father,” he wrote.
He stated the household was grieving however remained grateful for the life Professor Oyewo lived and the influence he had on numerous individuals all through his life.
In line with him, the late actor’s legacy will proceed via the recollections he shares along with his household, pals, colleagues and admirers whose lives he touched.
Adetoyese additionally appealed for prayers and help for the household throughout this era of mourning, saying they have been celebrating a life devoted to service, studying and the humanities.
Professor Oyewo was widely known as one of many main figures in Nigerian theater and performing arts and was revered as each an completed actor and a scholar.
Over the a long time, he made important contributions to the event and preservation of Yoruba theater, in addition to the promotion of Nigerian tradition via his work on stage, in movie, and within the classroom.
His profession spanned performing, instructing and cultural advocacy, and he turned a distinguished voice within the progress of the Nigerian theatrical arts.
