FEMI OGUNROMBI, AKA PAPA AJASCO’S STAND-IN ACTOR, HAS DIED.

Femi Ogunrombi, a veteran Nollywood actor who played Papa Ajasco in the popular 1996 sitcom, has died.

On Sunday, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, a theatre practitioner, journalist, and lecturer, announced the veteran’s death on his Twitter page.

“I have just been reliably informed that Mr. Femi Ogunrombi, the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with @NATIONALTROUPE, and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular @waleadenugaprod Comic Series ‘Papa Ajasco,’ is DEAD,” he tweeted.

While sharing the news on social media, Mr Mayowa Adenekan, a Digital Journalist and Talent Manager, stated that the late actor was a stand-in actor when the first Papa Ajasco character pulled out.

“Veteran actor Femi Ogunrombi, also known as Papa Ajasco, has died. Many people use images of the first papa Ajasco, Mr Abiodun Ayoyinka, but the one who died is Mr Femi Ogunrombi, who took over the character after Mr Abiodun Ayoyinka left the show. “May his soul rest in peace,” he said.

Ogunrombi, a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, composer, actor, producer, and music/film director, studied music and drama at Obafemi Awolowo University in the early 1980s.

He founded and directed The Ayoro Voices, a choral group. Between 1980 and 1983, this group was the cultural image of the OAU.

Ogunrombi joined the National Troupe of Nigeria as a Music Instructor in 1994. He rose to the position of Director of Music by 1998. He founded and led the National Choir before leaving the government in 1998 to start his own music business.

Ogunrombi joined the popular TV comedy show as Papa Ajasco in 2006. Wale Adenuga Productions created Papa Ajasco and Company. At the same time, Ogunrombi was appointed as the Coordinator of Studies for Adenuga’s PEFTI Film Institute.