Oyo State is one of Nigeria’s largest states, and it is home to a number of well-known celebrities, glamsquad reports.
Here are seven famous Oyo State celebrities.
1. King Saheed Osupa
Dr. Saheed Osupa is a well-known and wealthy Fuji musician who has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He is from Ibadan, Oyo State’s capital.
2. Abass Akande Obesere
Egungun Becareful crooner, Obesere is a popular and well-known Fuji singer from Ibadan, Oyo State.
Saidi Balogun
Walata, as he is affectionately known, was born on February 4, 1967 in Enugu, South East Nigeria, but he is originally from Ibadan, Oyo State.
Matthew Ashimolowo
Matthew Ashimolowo (born 17 March 1952) in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, later moved back to Ibadan with his parents. He is the senior pastor of Kingsway International Christian Church (KICC) in London and a Nigerian clergyman. He is from the Oyo State of Ibadan.
Afeez Oyetoro
He is a comedian and lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education in Ijanikin, Lagos.
He is from the town of Iseyin in Oyo State.
Olaniyi Afonja
Sanyeri is one of the richest Yoruba actors in Nigeria, a comic actor from Oyo town in Oyo State.
Taiye Currency
Taiye Akande is a well-known Fuji artist who serves as the Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. He was born in Ibadan, Oyo State.