Comic actor, Dejo Tunfulu, buried amid wailing

Yoruba comic actor, Kunle Adetokunbo, popularly called Dejo Tunfulu, has been laid to rest in the Agbowa area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Tunfulu died on Friday morning after battling a brief illness.

His children and relations at the funeral wept uncontrollably.
Dejo was said to have died at the Ikorodu General Hospital, Lagos where he was being treated for an undisclosed ailment.
President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, had confirmed his death early Friday.
“Yes, it is confirmed. He died in a hospital this morning. But I am yet to get full details of the incident,” he said.
A fellow actor, Kunle Afod, expressing shock over Dejo’s death in a post on Instagram on Friday morning, said,
“Dejo, this is so sad. Still can’t believe this,” he wrote.
Fans of the late actor have also been paying tribute to him on Instagram and other social media platforms.
The late actor, during his lifetime, was famed for playing the role of a clown in movies, bringing laughter and joy to his fans across the country and beyond.