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JUST IN: veteran Juju Musician, Ebenezer Obey loses son

 

Olayinka Olalekan, son of veteran musician Ebenezer Obey, has died at age 48.

According to The Nation, Olayinka died on Friday.

The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

The deceased was interred on Saturday.

With more than five decades of active singing, Ebenezer Obey is internationally recognised for evolving a unique juju sound from highlife music.

An evangelist by calling, Obey lost his wife of 48 years Lady Juliana Obey-Fabiyi at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on August 23, 2011.

She was aged 67.

 

 

Oluwasegun Adesuyi

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