Veteran Hausa drama actor Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, is dead.
After a long illness, he died in the early hours of Sunday morning in a private hospital in Kaduna State.
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Before retiring to work for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Kaduna, the late Kannywood actor served in the Nigerian Army.
Samanja passed away at the age of 84, leaving behind two wives and twelve children.
According to a statement issued by one of his sons, Mohammad Usman, the late actor’s funeral prayer will be held at the Kabala Costain mosque in the Kaduna metropolis, in accordance with an Islamic injunction.