Olu Jacobs was a national icon — Reno Omokri

Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has described the precocious seasoned actor, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known arsenic Olu Jacobs, arsenic a nationalist icon whose pioneering vocation connected the planetary signifier inspired generations of Nigerian actors.

Omokri made the remarks successful a connection mourning Jacobs, pursuing the announcement of the actor’s decease astatine the property of 84.

He said Jacobs played a important relation successful laying the instauration for the modern African movie industry, breaking planetary barriers agelong earlier Nollywood became a planetary phenomenon.

According to Omokri, Jacobs brought pridefulness to Nigeria done his performances successful British tv productions and planetary films.

“Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, amended known arsenic Olu Jacobs, was a National Icon and a root of pridefulness for Nigeria, whose pioneering relation arsenic an planetary thespian inspired galore of our countrymen and women and drew galore of today’s stars into tv and movie acting,” Omokri said.

Recalling his puerility memories, the ambassador-designate said Nigerians watched Jacobs diagnostic successful British tv shows and internatio...