Segun Olusola, creator, Village Headmaster, dies at 77

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Late Amb. Segun Olusola

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SEGUN AJAYI

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Thu, 06/21/2012 - 23:47

Veteran  broadcaster, and  the creator of Nigeria’s longest running television drama, the Village Headmaster, Ambassador Segun Olusola, yesterday passed on in a Lagos hospital, after a brief illness. He was aged 77.  

According to a family source, the art enthusiast had been in and out of hospital in the past few weeks which explained why he was not present at yesterday’s World Music Day celebration organised by the National Troupe of Nigeria, in Lagos. 

Olusola, who was Nigeria’s ambassador to Ethiopia, and founder, African Refugee Foundation, was a committed artiste and culture promoter, participated actively during last week’s commemoration of the World  Refugee Day. 

A native of Iperu Iremo in Ogun State, Ambassador Olusola had always spearheaded the advocacy for the implementation of a cultural policy and an endowment for the arts. He attended St. John’s Catholic School and Wesley School, Iperu-Remo from 1941 to 1947. He did his secondary school education at Remo Secondary School , Sagamu between 1941 to 1947 before  proceeding to the United States of America for his University Education.