Veteran Actor and broadcaster, Sadiq Daba is dead

Veteran Nollywood Actor and TV broadcaster, Sadiq Abubakar Daba has died on Wednesday, March 3.

Sadiq Daba died at about 8.30pm on Wednesday after a long battle with leukemia and later prostate cancer.

His death was announced by NTA 2 Lagos Network Centre

“Sad News

Veteran broadcaster and Nollywood actor Sadiq Daba is dead.

He died this evening after a protracted battle with leukemia and prostrate cancer.
May his Gentle Soul Rest in Perfect Peace #RIPSadiqDaba

— NTA2 Lagos Network Centre (@NTA2LNC) March 3, 2021  “

In 2015, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for best actor for his role as “Inspector Waziri” in “October 1.”

Daba has worked as a broadcaster for Nigeria Television Authority, his acting career came to prominence in the late 1970s, starring in ‘Cockcrow at Dawn.’

Daba announced his diagnosis of Leukemia and Prostate Cancer in 2017.

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