Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, who played the stand-in character for Papa Ajasco in the popular 1996 Sitcom has passed away.
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Dr. Shaibu Husseini, theater practitioner, journalist and lecturer announced the death of the veteran, on his Twitter page on Sunday.
“I can only believe that ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with @NATIONALTROUPE and one time character ‘Papa Ajasco’ in the popular @waleadenugaprod Comic Series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is DEAD,” he tweeted. .
Mr. Mayowa Adenekan, a Digital Journalist and Talent Manager while also sharing the news on social media said the latter actor was a stand-in actor when Papa Ajasco’s character was first pulled out.
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“Veteran actor Femi Ogunrombi AKA Papa Ajasco passed away. I see many people using the picture of the first papa Ajasco Mr. Abiodun Ayoyinka, but the one who died was Mr. Femi Ogunrombi, who took over the character when Mr. Abiodun Ayoyinka was pulled out of the show. May his soul rest in peace RIP,” he said.
Ogunrombi, a multi instrumentalist, Music Teacher, Composer, Actor, Producer and Music/Film Director studied music and drama at Obafemi Awolowo University initially.
He founded and conducted a choral group called The Ayoro Voices. This group was the cultural image of the OAU between 1980 and 1983.
In 1994, Ogunrombi joined the National Troupe of Nigeria as a Music Instructor. In 1998, he was promoted to Music Director. He inaugurated and conducted the National Choir and In 1998, he left the government to pursue his own music business.
In 2006, Ogunrombi joined a popular TV comedy program called Papa Ajasco. Papa Ajasco and Company is produced by Wale Adenuga Productions. Ogunrombi was at the same time the Coordinator of Studies for the PEFTI Adenuga film institute
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