Wale Ojo, the Nigerian actor, has lost his mother.
The actor confirmed his mother’s demise in a post on Instagram on Saturday.
“My world has crashed all around me. Mama is gone. Goodnight Mum. I will miss you, terribly,” he wrote.
Ojo won the ‘Best Actor’ award at the just concluded Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) and dedicated the win to his mother.
“Mama I won!!” Ojo wrote on Instagram.
The actor surpassed strong contenders like Stan Nze, Marc Zinga, David Ezekiel, Richard Mofe Damijo, Adedimeji Lateef, Gabriel Afolayan, and Gideon Okeke to take home the prestigious award.
Ojo’s acting career began at a young age.
At age 8, he was already acting alongside established actors.
He later moved to England with his family and attended university there.
Ojo’s breakthrough role came in 1995 with the movie ‘The Hard Case’.
Since then, he has starred in numerous Nollywood and British productions including ‘Phone Swap’, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, and Apple TV’s ‘Foundation’.
Ojo received his first award as an actor at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2012.
The grieving actor credits his successful career to his mother who was an actor.
He also acknowledges the influence of playwrights like Wole Soyinka and Zulu Sofola.
