Baba Suwe died on Monday, November 22, 2021, while undergoing local treatment at his Ikorodu Lagos home. However, instead of his burial taking place immediately, as is customary for Muslims, his
son Adesola Omidina announced a counter date of Thursday, November 25, 2021 for the actor’s burial at his home in Ikorodu.Adesola
Omidina, son of late legendary actor Babatunde Omidina widely known as Baba
Suwe, has set a new burial date for his father.
America
based son, Adesola Omidina has stopped Baba Suwe burial after the veteran actor
died in Lagos on Monday.
In a
Statement released by the late actor’s son and seen by this newspaper, it read,
“Burial arrangements for late Alhaji Babatunde Nurudeen Omidina (a.k.a Baba
Suwe). Interment will commence at his residence, 26, Oluwatimiro Street, Ewu
Elepe Bustop, Ijede Road, Ikorodu, Lagos on Thursday, November 25, 2021, at 10 am
prompt.
“The final
funeral ceremony will be announced later. Baba Suwe is survived by children,
grandchildren, aged mother and family,”
Adesola
Omidina, who lives in the United States, insisted that his father’s funeral be
postponed to Thursday so that he could attend.
Muslim
clerics who were meant to perform the burial ceremony have subsequently pulled
out, stating that they will not be a part of an arrangement that contradicts
Muslim custom.
After his
father died yesterday, Adesola Omidina apologized to members of the Theatre
Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association Of Nigeria (TAMPAN),
performers, and Nigerians for his younger brother’s statements which went viral
on social media.
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