Nollywood actor, Dejumo Lewis of ‘Village Headmaster’ series, dies at  80

Good night ‘Kabiyesi’, the ‘Kabiyesi’ we all knew growing up in the 1970’s-80’s, Sir Dejumo Lewis who played the lead role of ‘Kabiyesi’, in ‘The Village Headmaster’, television series which was Nigeria’s longest-running television soap opera on NTA 1968- 1988. He lives on. pic.twitter.com/0ddsqNIMlz

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A Nollywood actor, Dejumo Lewis, is dead.

The veteran actor died at the age of 80

Actor, Saidi Balogun, confirmed his passing in a post shared on his Instagram account on Saturday.

Sharing the photo of the late veteran, Saidi wrote, “Good night DEJUMO LEWIS, may your soul rest in perfect peace. RIP.”

While the specific details surrounding Lewis’ passing remain undisclosed, Balogun’s tribute has ignited an outpouring of condolences from fans and other actors and actresses.

Lewis is a Nigerian film and television actor, famous for the Kabiyesi role in The Village Headmaster, Nigeria’s longest-running television soap opera shown on NTA from 1968 to 1988 that stared Justus Esiri and Femi Robinson and many others.