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A Nigerian theatre Director, Wole Oguntiokun has died. Oguntokun, before relocating to Canada was a household name in many local stage productions in Nigeria. Oguntokun was also notable for his works on some local television stations where he directed some TV drama series. His colleague and long time friend, Kayode Peters, who first broke the news on his instagram page, said “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” “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”
Born on July 15, 1967, the late Oguntokun served as a board member of Theaturtle, a Canadian theatre company.
Popular actor, Ozzy Agu, in a 2016 interview, said that he did some theatre plays 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.” “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
