Veteran Kannywood actor, Usman Baba Pategi who is known popularly as Samanja is dead.

The Kaduna-based actor died after a prolonged illness on Sunday, November 12.

He was 84.

He was a former staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Kaduna national station and a retired soldier.

Samanja was survived by two wives and 14 children.

He was buried in Kaduna on Sunday according to Islamic rites.