Dimeji Ajibola, Shanty Town director is dead

Estimated reading time: 1 minute

Shanty Town movie director, Dimeji Ajibola has died.

Ajibola is said to have died in the early hours of November 3, 2024, after a battle with an undisclosed illness.

ALSO READ:

• Samuel Ajibola, Nollywood actor explains how fatherhood has transitioned his life
• Top 10 Must-See Nollywood Movies of 2023
• AMVCA announces nominations for 2023 awards (FULL LIST)
• NRTC LIST: Top 10 most talked about Naija series in 2023
• Luton Town earn historic promotion to the Premier League

Confirming the news, actor Bolanle Ninalowo, in a captioned photo on Instagram, wrote: “I love you, brother, and I miss you, Dimeji Ajibola. May God heal your family and loved ones. Till we meet again, didi dox, rest on the champ.”

The deceased was the director of a 2023 Nigerian crime thriller series, ‘Shanty Town,’ and also the brain behind ‘Hoodrush,’ a 2012 urban musical film that won multiple awards, including Best Movie at the 2012 Green Me Film Festival in Germany, among others.