Nigerian comedian and skitmaker, popularly known as Sanku, has died in a fatal car accident along Oyo-Ogbomoso highway in Oyo State.
Sanku’s death was confirmed by multiple fellow comedians and Nollywood actors. Some of them shared video of the mangled vehicle, revealing that several passengers were injured in the crash.
Others posted Sanku’s lifeless body laying by the roadside after the accident.
Meanwhile, Nollywood actors have taken to social media to mourn Sanku’s death.
Actress Funmi Awelewa, a.k.a Morili, expressed sadness, saying, “The pain, the effort, the strength, the struggle… walai nothing make sense. I’m heartbroken. Even film sef never come out! It does not make sense.”
Sanku and another victim were critically hurt, but the comedian later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Ogbomoso.
LEADERSHIP reports uncertainty over the fate of the skitmaker on Monday when his colleagues and netizens were posting conflicting accounts of the incident.