FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE OF ‘BABA SALA’ KING OF NIGERIAN COMEDY

“My Daddy is gone. Finally gone home to glory. King of Comedy finally say bye-bye to this world. I will miss you so much Daddy. I love you so much but God love you more. Good night my mentor, father, teacher, gist partner. My daddy is gone,” Boisala stated on Facebook.

Penpushing recalled that, the veteran musician, theatre artiste and filmmaker who had suffered old age ailments for a long while had been rumoured to have passed on, several times. He is regarded as the father of modern Yoruba comedy.

The late prolific filmmaker, alongside other dramatists like Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and Duro Ladipo, popularised theatre and television acting in Nigeria. He started his career in show business as a highlife musician in 1964 with a group known as the Federal Rhythm Dandies. He tutored and guided the Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade, who was his lead guitarist at the time