VETERAN actor, Usman Baba Pategi (professionally known as Samanja Mazan Fama) is dead.
The actor reportedly passed away at the age of 84.
The Kaduna State-based popular Hausa film actor died around 12:15 am on Sunday.
One of his sons, Mohammad Usman, who confirmed his death, revealed that his father left behind two wives and twelve children.
He said, “He died at the age of 84 and left behind two wives and 12 children.”
According to Mohammad, the funeral prayer will be held at 10 am at a mosque in Kabala Costain, Kaduna.
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