Professor Ayo Akinwale, a prominent senior lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, is dead.
The former Nollywood actor died on Sunday, September 13, 2020. The Professor died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
A versatile producer, academician, playwright and former broadcaster, late Akinwale was the producer of a popular movie, ‘Sango’. He was also the pioneer board chairman of the University of Ilorin FM.
Akinwale, described as one of the finest voices the institution had ever produced, was a great orator, role model and mentor to many students who passed through him in the university.