Popular Kannywood comedian, Ibro, is dead

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.