Jab Adu was born in 1933 in Calabar, Ogun State, Nigeria, British West Africa as Joseph Babatunde Abiodun Adu. He was an actor and director, known for Countdown at Kusini (1976), Bisi, Daughter of the River (1977) and Wetin Dey (2007). He died on February 28, 2016 in Abeokuta, Cross River State, Nigeria.