Popular Yoruba actor and filmmaker, Murphy Afolabi is reportedly dead.

Thelagostimes gathered that the actor’s death is coming barely 24 hours after the death of popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi was announced.

The thespian, popular for his roles in Yoruba movies, was said to have fallen down in the bathroom at his house in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday morning, May 14, 2023.

A filmmaker and the president of the Yoruba movies directors guild, Seun Olaiya, shared the sad news on a WhatsApp platform populated by filmmakers. 

He was corroborated by the Managing Director of the popular movie marketing company, Corporate Pictures Nigeria Limited, Abdullahi Abdulrasaq.

Born on May 5, 1974, Afolabi is a graduate of Ire Polytechnic in Osun state. He got into the movie industry in 2001 and has appeared in over 60 movies before his death.