Segun Olusola dies at 77

A Nigerian patriarch of Arts, and creator of popular village head master drama series, Segun Olusola, died yesterday. He was aged 77.


A native of Iperu-Remo, Ogun State, he attended the Roman Catholic School Iperu- Remo in 1941, and  was also at Wesley School Iperu from 1944 to 1947, before he later proceeded to Remo Secondary School, Sagamu in 1948.


He started his broadcasting Career in 1955 at the Ibadan station of the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and later became African’s first Television producer with the WNTV now NTA Ibadan in a Television career that lasted till 1987 during which he created the longest running TV Drama series, The village Headmaster  in 1968.

Olusola also served as NTA’s director of Commercial Operations in 1986.

On retirement in 1987 he was appointed Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia & Resident Representative to the Organisation of African Unity and served till 1993 when he returned home to establish the African Refugees Foundation devoted to the management of the root causes of Refugees and internal displacement.

In 1988, he was appointed as Chairman of the OAU Commission On Refugees until 1993. H e wasalso Leader of the OAU Zambia Election Monitoring Team (1992), he has addressed international gathering on Refugees, Election Processes, Media Development, Conflict Resolution, Culture and the Arts.