Popular Nollywood veteran, Chief Adedeji Aderemi aka Olofa Ina, is dead.
Actor Saidi Balogun confirmed his death in a post shared on his Instagram account yesterday.
He wrote: “Goodnight legend Chief Deji Akinremi (Olofa Ina) RIP.
Aderemi, the Sobaloju of Edeland, was 73.
Chief Aderemi was a renowned name in contemporary Yoruba theatre and film circle. He was also famous for the rich Yoruba proverbs and idioms that punctuated his lines in films and stage plays. He was born into the family of the late Chief AbdulSalam Aderemi and the late Madam Aisha Aderemi of Jagun- Olukosi compound, Ede in Osun State on May 15, 1950 during the reign of the late Oba John Adetoyese Laoye, the then Timi of Ede. He had his primary education at St. Peters Anglican Primary School between 1957 and 1962 and proceeded to Baptist Secondary Modern School, Ode-Omu from 1963 to 1965.
He later had his vocational training in carpentry and joinery at Olukorede Furniture Industry between 1965 and 1970.
