Veteran TV personality and actor, Sadiq Daba died on the evening of Wednesday, March 3 at the age of 90 after a long battle with leukemia and prostate cancer.
His death has been confirmed by filmmaker Kunle Afolayan with whom he worked recently on the 2020 Movie, Citation. Afolayan said he spoke with his wife and son who confirmed his passing on to him.
In 2017, Daba was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia and later prostate cancer for which he underwent several treatments.
Many Nigerians including billionaire Femi Otedola donated money for his treatment abroad and gave out-pouring support on social media.
Originally from Kano state, Daba grew up in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He moved back to Nigeria at the age of 15. In Sierra Leone, he attended primary school and St. Edward’s Secondary school.
He returned to Nigeria and got higher degrees in many institutions including Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna state.
Growing up, he wanted to be a broadcaster. He finally got a chance in 1968, when he met a certain Alifa Baba Hammed. The latter found him impressive and arranged for an audition at the Radio Television, Kaduna.
Then, Daba worked as a news anchor, reporter and editor at RKTV, NTPC Lagos and NTA Lagos.
Daba made waves in the 1980s on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
Daba featured in a lot of other films and soap operas like ‘Cock Crow at Dawn’ ‘Behind the Clouds’, ‘A Place Like Home’, ‘Soweto’, and ‘Moment of Truth’.
In 2015, he won Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as “Inspector Waziri” in Kunle Afolayan’s October 1. He was last seen acting in Kunle Afolayan’s 2020 movie ‘Citation’ as Professor Yahaya.
Married to Bolaji Daba, the late Broadcaster was a father to two children and grandchildren.
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