DENTO Dies, Buried Amid Praises, Tears

Veteran Yoruba actor, Ahmed Oduola, popularly called Dento breathed his last on Monday after a prolonged battle with illness.
His remains were on Tuesday committed to mother earth in Owode Academy area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

The Governor of the state chapter of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, Mr. Ayo Olabiyi, confirmed that the 58-year-old Dento died on Monday.

Olabiyi said, “ Being a muslim, we buried him on Tuesday according to Islamic rites. We have lost a gem. It is clear that the vacuum his death created would be difficult to fill. In the ANTP Ibadan and national level, we will sorely miss him.”

It was learnt that members of the state ANTP at the burial eulogised his acting style, even as emotion ran high due to how death painfully eclipsed his career.

A popular comedian, Mr. Bolaji Amusan, otherwise called Mr. Latin, described the decased as a senior colleague. He said his death showed that an individual would be left alone to carry his cross whenever problems arose.

“Death is inevitable. His death has shown that nobody will be willing to assist you when you are in problem. You will be on your own,’’ he said.

Culled from PUNCH