Popular Nollywood veteran actor Aworo is dead

Popular Nollywood veteran actor, Jimoh Aliu, known as ‘Aworo‘ is dead.

He died at the age of 86.

‘Aworo‘ died on Thursday at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State.

The body of the deceased would be moved to his residence at Adebayo area in Ado-Ekiti before being taken to his hometown, Okemesi Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area of the state, where he would be buried on Friday, a close associate disclosed to OnyxNews Nigeria.

Aliu was producing the first of his five-movies project, Olowo Ite, before his death. The movies were expected to feature top Nollywood actors.

Aliu was born in Okemesi-Ekiti 86 years ago, and began acting in 1959 after joining Akin Ogungbe Theatre Group and left in 1966 to form his own troupe, Jimoh Aliu Concert Party, in Ikare, Ondo State.

He had produced and featured in various Yoruba movies, the most popular being ‘Yanpan Yarin’ and ‘Fopomoyo’.

He was a former President of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Practitioners (ANTP).