Kannywood’s celebrated comedian, Rabilu Musa Ibro, has died.
Ibro died in the early hours of Wednesday, a colleague of the artiste, said.
Ibro will be buried in Kano Wednesday morning.
Confirming his death, a colleague and a Kannywood movie producer, Hassan Hassan, said he received the news with shock early Wednesday.
It is not yet clear how the comedian died.
More details later.
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