Nigerian dramatist Oguntokun, who lived in Canada, passed away

Wole Oguntokun, a renowned theatre director and playwright from Nigeria, has passed away.

On Wednesday, Oguntokun, a lawyer as well, departed from this life at the age of 56.

Film director and friend Kayode Peters announced his death on his Instagram page on Thursday afternoon.

The post read, “I remember that year. I was just cutting my teeth as a professional theatre director. Your search for a director for your script brought you to the University of Lagos and I was your obvious choice

“I directed your first-ever performance story ‘Who is Afraid of Wole Soyinka’ at various theatres including The prestigious Muson Centre which was graced by the great @wolesoyinkaofficial himself

“Some months later, we started DBN TV’s first comedy series ‘Crossworld Blues’ which you produced and I directed.

“You moved to Canada and never stopped encouraging me to follow suit. I lost a friend, a thespian all through and through, a great mind, a writer so gifted, so loved. Nigeria just lost one of her brightest and bravest

“Is it a coincidence that you chose to leave on the day the world celebrated World Theatre Day?

“This hurts so bad Wole. Laspapi, our own ojojo. I will miss you so so much. Thank you for trusting me with your work. A good man is gone. Rest well my friend, my brother Wole Oguntokun @laspapi”

The late Oguntokun, who was born on July 15, 1967, was a board member of the Canadian theater group Theaturtle.

The TV sitcoms “Crossworld Blues” on DBN TV in 1999 and “Living Free” on MBI television in 2002 were created and written by the Obafemi Awolowo University alumnus.

In a 2016 interview, well-known actor Ozzy Agu mentioned working on several theatrical productions with the now-deceased Oguntokun.

He said, “I did one with Wole Oguntokun titled The Red, which was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood.”