Veteran actor and dramatist, Joseph Abiodun Babatunde Adu, popularly known as Jab Adu, is dead.
A source close to the foremost thespian said he passed on in his Abeokuta, Ogun State home early Sunday morning.
He was aged 83.
While the details of his demise still remain sketchy, the source according to PM News said the man renowned for his role as ‘Bassey Okon’ in the popular Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, drama series titled ‘The Village Headmaster’, has been contending with minor illness associated with old age.
Trained as a professional banker before settling for acting, the late Jab Adu had an illustrious career on stage, television and film.
He left banking in 1970 and went into full acting, writing and production.
He was more renowned in acting but his creative pedigree transcended not just acting that he was very well known for on the screen.
Jab Adu, while alive, was a devotee of Grail Message Movement.
May his soul RIP
