Nigeria, March 28 -- Famous Nigerian playwright and theatre director Wole Oguntokun is dead.

Mr Oguntokun, a lawyer, died on Wednesday at 56.

His friend and film director, Kayode Peters, broke the news on his Instagram page Thursday afternoon.

Mr Peters said the death of the artistic director of Theatre Planet Studios hurt.

He stated that Nigeria lost one of its brightest and bravest individuals.

"I remember that year, I was just cutting my teeth as a professional theatre director, and your search for a director for your script brought you to the University of Lagos, and I was your obvious choice.

"I directed your first ever performance story ', Who is Afraid of Wole Soyinka' at various theatres, including The prestigious Muson Cent...