The deceased was famous for his role in Wale Adenuga’s Comedy series Papa Ajasco.
Shaibu Husseini, a theatre practitioner and journalist, announced this in a tweet on Saturday.
“I have just been informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with National Troupe, and one-time stand-in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular Wale Adenuga Production comic series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Femi Ogunrombi is dead!”, his tweet read.Mr Ogunrombi was famous for his role in Wale Adenuga’s Comedy series Papa Ajasco, a character he took when Abiodun Ayoyinka pulled out of the show.
He frequented EMI Music studios, where he worked with Chris Ajilo and Item Udoh. He also liaised with Peco Colete, who managed Majek Fashek then.He also worked with veterans like Leji Oyewole, Emma Arinho, Epifanio Joseph, Late Billy Wright, among others.There, he founded the famous Ayoro Voices, a performing choral group at theThe group was a cultural ambassador for the school. After starring as Papa Ajasco for two years, he returned to his first love, music.
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