Kaduna-based Kannywood actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja Mazan Fama, has died at the age of 84, Daily Trust reports.
One of the deceased children revealed that Pategi died around 12:15 am on Sunday leaving behind two wives and several children.
The funeral prayer was held at 10 am at a mosque in Kabala Costain, Kaduna.
“He died at the age of 84 and left behind two wives and 12 children,” he stated.
The popular actor, writer and director starred in the populous Hausa film known as, “Samanja, Yusuf’s Ladan’s, Zaman Duniya Iyawa Ne”