Nollywood actor Victor Olaotan is dead

Nigerian veteran actor and lead character of the popular Soap opera Tinsel, Victor Olaotan is dead.

Olaotan who had been bedridden for five years after being involved in a ghastly accident that occurred at Apple Junction, in Festac, Lagos while he was driving to movie set, died at the age of 69.

His wife, Julia Olaotan confirmed his death, saying she is grateful that he can finally rest after suffering for years.

Julia told Premium Times;

“He has tried. It is not easy to be trapped in your own body for five years. He can finally rest now.”

Before his death, Olaotan had been battling for his life in a Turkish hospital for almost three years.

Victor Olaotan began his career as an actor when he joined the University of Ibadan theatre group, where he met other artistes, such as Professor Wole Soyinka and Jimi Solanke among others.

He became an actor at the age of 15 years through a teacher who was a member of the Ori Olokun Theatre group in the early 70’s, prior to the death of his father.

After his father died, he traveled to the United States of America in 1978 but returned to Nigeria in 2002 to continue his career in acting. He became more popular in 2013 after his leading role in a Nigerian Soap opera, Tinsel that began airing in August 2008.