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OBITUARY: Sadiq Daba, The Thespian Who Told The Nigerian Story With Pride

It is true that most times people would only say good things about a person, only when such person passes on. One of the things this may mean is that death is not necessarily a bad experience; it may afford an opportunity for the unfolding of good deeds. Daba in his prime Death, of course, may reduce number; but it may give room for number to be added. Death may first destroy; but it makes in the end. As it often does, death comes with sorrow; but it also ushers in joy. Death can dampen emotions; but it can also inspire. Death may signal the end; but it makes a new beginning. It can cause decay; but the decay it causes is the beginning of bloom, the beginning of growth.

AGN, NFVCB, NUJ, actors pay tributes to Sadiq Daba

Punch Newspapers Sections Tofarati Ige Days after the demise of veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, tributes have continued to pour in for him from all corners of the movie industry. Daba died on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, after a long battle with leukemia and prostate cancer. He was buried the next day according to Islamic rites at the Agege area of Lagos State. The Actors Guild of Nigeria described Daba as a strategic thinker and visionary. A tribute sent to Saturday Beats by the president of the AGN, Emeka Rollas read, “Sadiq Daba was a strategic thinker, a visionary, innovative and creative man. As such, he contributed much to the development of the broadcast industry and growth of the acting profession.

THE COCK CROWS NO MORE…

Sadiq Daba, renowned actor and broadcaster, dies at age 69 A little over three years after announcing his recuperation from prostate cancer and leukaemia in a London hospital, renowned actor, broadcaster, producer and director, Sadiq Abubakar Daba died on Wednesday evening in Lagos. For more than four decades, Daba’s name has been engraved in public consciousness, thanks to his role as ‘Bitrus’ in the rested Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) soap opera, ‘Cock Crow at Dawn’. As one of the few professionals who could give a good account of themselves either on live stage or on television and silver screen, Daba plied his trade with admiration. At the emergence of the Nigerian film industry, Daba was also not afraid to offer his experience and versatility.

Veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, buried as Nigerians pay tributes

Veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, buried as Nigerians pay tributes On …Sadiq was greatest warrior we’ve ever known Afolayan By Benjamin Njoku As the late veteran actor and broadcaster, Sadiq Daba, was buried at a cemetery in Agege, Lagos State, yesterday, many Nigerians continue to pay tributes to him. Daba died Wednesday evening after a prolonged battle with leukaemia and prostate cancer. The late actor became popular in the 1980s, after the role he played as Bitrus in a soap opera, Cockcrow at Dawn. Prominent Nigerians and practitioners that paid tributes to the actor included former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

Sadiq Daba: Exit of the golden voice

Advertisement For Sadiq Daba, a native of Kano, born in Kumasi, Ghana and raised in Freetown, Sierra-Leone, stardom was more than a dream come true. In the early days, it was radio that enchanted him. And without a single TV station in Sierra-Leone then, what else but being on radio would he have thought of? “I used to listen to William Roberts on Radio Sierra-Leone,” he recalls, smiling broadly. “He was my role model. Being on-air, for me, became an obsession.” That was in the early 1960s, a time he used to go around with the pop star, Giraldo Pino, who practices just behind their house to dance halls. But it was not till he met Khalifa Baba Ahmed on his return to Nigeria around 1967 that he was able to actualize his childhood dream. And it was by happenstance!

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