Alhaji Usman Baba Patigi aka Samanja is dead. He died last night at the age of 81 after long illness.
Janaiza prayers will be by 10am @ his residence No 5 Aduwa Road, Costain Quarters, Kaduna..



Usman Baba Pategi, known mostly as Samanja Mazan Fama (born 20 May, 1942) is a retired Nigerian Army. Together with Yusuf Ladan, Mamman Ladan and Idi Jibril an NTA staff introduced the Hausa comedy known now as Kannywood, Northern Nigerian films or Hausa films in 80s to the Northern audience.

Pategi was born on May 20, 1942, into the royal house of Pategi Emirate in Pategi, Northern Nigeria. He is the son of Etsu Usman Patako late King of Pategi. He started his early education in Pategi primary school and then went to Ilorin Middle School. Then later on he went to Kaduna to live with his uncle Alhaji Audu Bida which he became his assistance at home. He also worked with public works department in the mechanical store, before joining Northern Broadcasting Corporation, (NBC) in Kaduna.

He joined the Nigeria Army in 60s where an Army captain during the Nigerian civil war came looking for youth in Northern Nigeria to volunteer, he left the Broadcasting cooperation to join the army and trained at the Signal Training School, Apapa, he served under General Sani Abacha and General Sani Sami. Later he retired in 1985 and went on for acting career drama at the FRCN Kaduna which he also direct and writes movies, mostly he was known as Samanja Maza Fama, the word meaning Sergeant-Major (SerMajor) due to the experience he got in his army career.

In 2010, he was in India for a surgery of a heart illness and was sponsored by Chairman Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, which it was reported by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).

Pategi is one among the notable Nigerian actor known as (Samanja) and Chika Apala known as (Zebrudaya) mostly in the movies industries and where guest honours at the dinner of art theatre in the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP)

The popular actor, writer and director starred in the populous Hausa film known as:

Samanja
Yusuf's Ladan's
Zaman Duniya Iyawa Ne.

We ask Allah to forgive him and admit him into jannatul Firdausi

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Popular Nigerian Hausa actor

Amotolongbo:
Popular Nigerian Hausa actor

It shows you are indomie generation. We all glued to our TV to watch the likes of Samanja, The New Masquerade and Jagua Jagua back then. So stop the stereotyped.

This man and Sam loco, who Sabi English pass

Anyways

RIP Sir

May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace 😭😭😭

May his soul rest in peace. You contributed to our happy childhood memories

Amotolongbo:
Popular Nigerian Hausa actor

It seems you are so slow, Samanja was very popular in the 80s/90s
If you don't know him it means you are from the indomie generation.

May his soul rest in peace.

May his gentle soul rest in peace.Same with Jagua.
The world was a better place back then.
Hmmmm
Let's just be good and have a clean ending.
This life is really a journey.

Op, add pictures

May his soul rest in peace.

Where's Bature and 2-I-C?

TheSuperX:
It seems you are so slow, Samanja was very popular in the 80s/90s
If you don't know him it means you are from the indomie generation.

May his soul rest in peace.

layuns:


It shows you are indomie generation. We all glued to our TV to watch the likes of Samanja, The New Masquerade and Jagua Jagua back then. So stop the stereotyped.

Na real indomie generation.
Samanja made us stay glued to our TV sets including Mutua dole (another funny character, I have forgotten his rank now)
The bugle sound that introduces the drama is another thing that catches our fancy.

aycorporat:




Na real indomie generation.
Samanja made us stay glued to our TV sets including Mutua dole (another funny character, I have forgotten his rank now)
The bugle sound that introduces the drama is another thing that catches our fancy.

Please loud it 🙏.
Indomie generation's abound herein!

awww... Samanja is gone... The man tried to have lived up to this time. This calls for a celebration of life.

That his moustache was a trademark. Dem Sabi use am yab people.
Op wey pics now? At let's see what he currently looks like.

Sad

At least share his picture na