‘don’t cry, mai princess’: ogogo’s final words to pikin kira resurface afta im death!

Report by musa antiketu,| journalist at obaland magazine.

lagos, nigeria — di final emotional exchange between veteran yoruba actor taiwo hassan, popularly sabi as ogogo, and im pikin, kira taiwo, don resurfaced following di actor’s death for di age for 66.

kira shared di private conversation on top am instagram tori on top monday, a day afta am papa kpai, revealing a poignant moment between di papa and pikin weeks before im death. Di exchange, dated july 26, show ogogo reassuring kira amid concerns ova im deteriorating health and encouraging am to remain kakaraka.

for di conversation, ogogo reportedly became concern afta learning dat kira had been crying ova im kondishon. Im told am dat seeing am and am sisters happy find am strength and urged am no bi to gree am emotions to overwhelm am.

“don’t cry, mai princess,” im told am, while encouraging am to remain hopeful and trust for allah. Kira responded by reassuring am papa wey she trusted for allah and loved am. Ogogo reply affectionately, “love u too, mai princess. ”

di exchange don taken on top deeper make sense following ogogo’s death on top sunday, august 23, 2026, afta a report battle wit cancer. Im pikin kira had confam im death for an emotional video, while reports say di actor kpai for wey concern 3 p. m. for di age for 66.

ogogo’s final battle wit cancer

di veteran actor’s health kondishon became public only days before im death wen im daughters, kira and lima taiwo, appealed for urgent medical assistance.

di family disclosed dat ogogo had been diagnosed wit stage-four cancer and dat im kondishon had significantly deteriorated. Di daughters appealed to medical professionals, hospitals and cancer specialists capable for reviewing im case and providing further treatment options.

kira had explain say doctors had informed di family dat chemotherapy fit no longer be administered. Di family’s public appeal subsequently generated widespread concern among fans, colleagues and pipo for di nigerian entertainment industry.

however, reports surrounding di treatment for ogogo also require sofri interpretation. A fact-check published by dnn fact check concluded dat social-media claims suggesting hospitals had simply “refused” to treat di actor de misleading. Di distinction na important bicos, for advanced cancer cases, medical teams fit determine dat some kain disease-directed treatments are no longer appropriate and fit instead recommend oda forms for send.

a career dat shaped yoruba cinema

taiwo hassan na one for di prominent figures for nigeria’s yoruba-language feem industry, building a career spanning several decades become actor, filmmaker and director.

im death don prompted tributes from colleagues, fans and oda stakeholders for di nigerian entertainment industry. Reports for im death com juss days afta im family had publicly appealed for help, making di timing particularly poignant for dos who had followed im health struggle.

according to reports, ogogo na scheduled be buried for im hometown for ilaro, ogun state, on top monday, august 24, for accordance wit islamic rites.

for kira and am siblings, however, pass enduring memory fit no bi be di public appeals or di final moments surrounding dia father’s death, but di maja words im comot behind weeks earlier.

im instruction  “don’t cry, mai princess”  na first a father’s attempt to comfort a worried pikin. Following im death, di message don become a deeply personal reminder for di affection between ogogo and im pikin, and for di strength im tried to project even while facing a wey serious illness.

sources:

p. M. Bin dey nigeria
the guardian nigeria
punch newspapers
thecable lifestyle
vanguard

taiwo hassan, popularly sabi as ogogo, comot an emotional message for pikin kira weeks before im death, urging am no bi to cry and to trust for allah