British Nigerian Nollywood actor, Wale Ojo, known for his role in “Breath of Life” has lost his mother.
Ojo made this known in a post on his Instagram account on
Saturday.
He wrote, “My world has crashed all around me. Mama is gone.
Goodnight Mum. I will miss you terribly, terribly…”
Ojo who won the Best Lead Actor award for playing the lead
actor in the Nigeria drama film, Breath of Life, dedicated the win to his
mother.
“Mama I won!!” Ojo wrote on Instagram.
Ojo beat Stan Nze (Afamefuna), Marc Zinga (Omen), Gideon
Okeke (Egun), David Ezekiel (Blood Vessel), Richard Mofe Damijo (The Black
Book), Adedimeji Lateef (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior) and Gabriel Afolayan (This
is Lagos) to win the prestigious award.
Ojo’s acting career began at a young age. At age 8, he was
already acting alongside established actors.
He later moved to England with his family and attended
university there.
Ojo’s breakthrough role came in 1995 with the movie ‘The
Hard Case’.
Since then, he has starred in numerous Nollywood and British
productions including ‘Phone Swap’, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, and Apple TV’s
‘Foundation’.
Ojo received his first award as an actor at the Nigeria
Entertainment Awards in 2012.
The grieving actor credits his successful career to his
mother who was an actor.
He also acknowledges the influence of playwrights like Wole Soyinka and Zulu Sofola.