Veteran nigerian actor alhaji taiwo hassan, wey everybody sabi as ogogo, go mek im final journey haus today, monday 24 august, for im hometown ilaro, ogun state.
ogogo kpai on top sunday, 23 august 2026, for age 66, afta im battle wit cancer. Im colleague, jide kosoko, announce di death on top instagram.
With heavy hearts and profound sadness, we announce di passing for alhaji taiwo hassan, popularly sabi as ogogo, wey pass away for 3:00 p. m. today sunday, 23rd august 2026. For 66 years,” kosoko write.
Di announcement com hours afta ogogo pikin break down for tears for one live video wia im tok tok am papa don kpai.
before im death, ogogo family don com komot to beg nigerians for help to treat am. Di actor bin dey battle stage 4 cancer.
on top friday, 21 august, nollywood stars and yoruba feem makers gather for special prayer session for ogogo.
veteran actor yinka quadri, wey be ogogo best fren, post video from di prayer meeting.
feem makers com togeda for heartfelt prayers for veteran actor alhaji taiwo hassan ogogo, to seek allah mercy, divine intervention, and complete healing and recovery for am,” quadri write.
According to kosoko, burial prayers go hold for di pavilion for ilaro dey 11am today before ogogo go finally rest for im hometown.
Taiwo hassan na one for di biggest faces for yoruba cinema. Im career span ova 40 years and im act for plenti dan 300 feems.
PiPO sabi am wella for di roles wia im dey show action, kakaraka voice, and authority. Dat na why yoruba street slang com de cari im name: _’action plenti bi ogogo’_ — meaning action plenti laik ogogo.
IM voice too dey unique. Wen im chant or deliver dialogue, pipo go juss recognize am. One for im famous line from one yoruba movie, _’na all for we go chop breakfast’_, later turn street slang.
OGOGo blow well-well afta im role for tade ogidan ogbonge _owo blow_ wey com komot for 1996. Dat feem put im name for map and tey tey den, im no look back.
IM no be juss actor. Ogogo be trained boxer and im no dey hide am. Dat boxing background dey show for di way im dey de cari imsef for action scenes.
I forefather na taiwo. Im papa na taiwo. Even im mama born twins four times. Ogogo sef na di last twin wey im papa and mama born.
im papa and mama get thirteen pikin, but before im death, only three remain.
Despite fame, ogogo dey sabi as private man wey value family. Im best fren, yinka quadri, once tok tok, “no fren wey i don ever love laik dis fellow actor. ”
OGOGO no be stranger to health wahala. Years tey, im bin fight chronic ulcer for six to seven years. Dat one e remain small take im life.
Dis taim dey, na cancer. Im family mek public appeal days before im death to seek help on top wia dem fit treat am properly.
Di bin dey shake di whole nollywood. Actors, directors, and fans troop to social media to mourn and share memories.
for ova four decades, ogogo help build yoruba cinema. Im mix for action, drama, and command presence mek am tanda komot.
young actors look up to am. Directors trust am to de cari wey serious roles. And fans juss love am bicos im dey real on top screen.
beyond acting, ogogo represent resilience. From ulcer to cancer, from boxing ring to feem set, im fight through.today, as ilaro gather to bury am, di industry dey lose no bi juss actor, but teacher, elder, and icon
Tributes don dey pour for from across nigeria and diaspora. Many dey remember am for di discipline im bring to set and di way im mentor younger actors.
As im bodi go ground for ilaro, one tin sure: ogogo name go kontinu dey for inside yoruba feems, for inside street slang, and for inside di hearts for fans.
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