BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood Actor Jimoh Aliu Dies At 86

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

Aliu died on Thursday at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, aged 86.

According to his close associate,  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.

Aliu who was producing the first of his five moves projects died while  producing the first one titled, ‘Olowo Ite’. The movies were expected to feature top Nollywood actors.

The actor was born in Okemesi-Ekiti and began his acting career in 1959 after joining Akin Ogungbe Theatre Group. He 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 including Arelu, Yanpan Yarin, and Fopomoyo.

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

 

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