PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, JIMI SOLANKE

PRESS RELEASE

ELIZA DD

President Bola Tinubu has described late creative icon, Jimi Solanke who died Monday as one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of cherished mores and cultural heritage.

A statement by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity Ajuri Ngelale says it is with a heavy heart that President Bola Tinubu received the news of the passing of the Nigeria’s creative icon.

Baba Solanke as he was popularly called was an actor, dramatist, folk singer, poet, and playwright.

The President condoles with the Solanke family and all those who mourn the painful loss while praying for the peaceful repose of the beloved departed.