Nollywood director Dimeji Ajibola is dead

A popular Nollywood director and editor Dimeji Ajibola is dead.

Ajibola’s death was made public by actor, Bolanle Ninalowo, who disclosed that the director died in the early hours of Sunday after a battle with an undisclosed illness.

In a captioned photo on Instagram, Ninalowo wrote, “I love you, brother, and I miss you, Dimeji Ajibola. May God heal your family and loved ones. Till we meet again, didi dox, rest on the champ.”

The deceased was the director of a 2023 Nigerian crime thriller series, ‘Shanty Town,’ and also the brain behind ‘Hoodrush,’ a 2012 urban musical film that won multiple awards, including Best Movie at the 2012 Green Me Film Festival in Germany, among others.