Nigerian child star and actress, Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson dies at 39

Popular Nigerian child star, Oluyomi Victoria Olaniyi-Toluwalope (née Adeyemi-Wilson) is dead.

Late Yomi who became popular in the 1980s and 1990s with the popular TV series ‘Third Eye’ which aired on NTA died at the age of 39.

Born on May 31, 1980, Yomi is an ex-student of Queens College, Lagos. She played the role of ‘Uze’, the daughter who provided Inspector Best Idafa (Olu Jacobs) with clues for solving criminal cases in the TV series.

Her father in real life was Engineer Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson, a track star in the 1960s and 1970s.

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