Finally! Daniel Ademinokan’s dad goes home

By Samod Biobaku

Sixthsense34@yahoo.com

The remains of the late Pa Richard Emiojinre Adjekota Ademinokan; the father of Nollywood’s multi-award winning movie director, Daniel Ademinokan was finally laid to rest on December 22, 2011 at the Atan Cemetery in Lagos.

Shortly after committing his father to mother earth, Ademinokan was accompanied by his beautiful wife and popular Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon and other member of the family to the deceased’s Lagos residence where the reception followed.

In a chat with Simply Samad, Daniel acknowledged that he would never forget the indelible mark his late father left in his life adding that his exit had created a vacuum that would be tough to fill.

His Blackberry profile revealed a picture of his father’s coffin as it was lowered into mother earth and the Ademinokan left a short but touching line, which read: “Reflecting! Daddy… I miss you so much. Rest in peace dad!”

However, for those who have not been following the fate of the film director in recent times, then it might interest them to know that barely 19 days to Christmas, the award-winning Nollywood director and actor was thrown into a mournful state of mind following the death of his father.

In a chat with the popular director, he had earlier confirmed his dad’s demise in the early hours of December 6, 2011 adding that he was yet to meet with other members of the family as regards burial arrangements for his late father.

We gathered that Pa Ademinokan had been ill for some time prior to his death. He is survived by children and grandchildren.

Besides his father’s death’s, we had earlier called on Nigerians (both at home and in the Diaspora) and the rest of the world to pray for the father of one given the string of calamitous incidents that trailed him in the first six days of December 2012.

Many would recall that on December 1, 2011, he was robbed at gun point by blood-thirsty armed robbers along Ikorodu Road in Lagos and miraculously survived being shot in the head point blank.

A few days after the incident, the producer and actor was on his way to Asaba and had boarded the aircraft when the pilot announced that the plane was leaking hydraulic. As expected, they were promptly ushered out of the plane for safety precautions.

As few days afterwards, his dad (Pa Richard Ademinokan) took ill and eventually gave up the ghost on December 6, 2011 age the age of 72.

Many would hurriedly tag these as a mere coincidence but we urge Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora to say a short prayer for the talented film maker who has imperially placed the nation on the international map of recognition via the brilliant movies he has churned out.

Till date, he remains the first and  only director of Nigeria’s two-cast movie and recently director a Nigerian movie shot in New York, Unwanted Guest and even more recently, worked with Nollywood diva, Stella Damasus in a Nigerian flick shot in Cameroon.

Ademinokan is happily married to Doris Simeon Ademinokan and has a son named David Ademinokan.