A legendary traditional musician, based in Ilorin Jaigbade Alao is dead.
The Dadakuada music exponent, died at the age of 120 in the early hours of Monday in his Ilorin country home.
Jaigbade was among the statesmen the State Government recently honoured in the maiden edition of its lifetime achievement awards dedicated to different personalities who served or contributed to the development of the state or the country at various levels/sectors.
He was turbaned in 1991 as the King of Songs (Oba Olorin) by the late Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji ZuluKarnaini Gambari and received an honorary doctorate degree in Music from Kwara State University in 2018.
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq commiserated with the family of the late musician.
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He prayed Allah to grant him al-Jannah Firdaus and comfort the family.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye, the Governor said: “On behalf of the government and people of Kwara state, I send our condolences to the family of Alhaji Jaigbade Alao and all lovers of his inimitable Dadakuada music worldwide. Alhaji Jaigbade was a legend whose mastery of his genre of music projected the state positively.
“He was also a community leader in his own right. His death has created a void in the chain of great mentors for younger ones who took to his genre of dadakuada music. We beseech Allah to forgive him and grant him Al-jannah Firdaus.”
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