Veteran Nigerian juju singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, King Sunny Ade, has lost his wife, Risikat Ajoke Adegeye
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Veteran Nigerian juju singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR, popularly known as King Sunny Ade, has lost his wife, Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
According to reports, the juju maestro's wife died in the early hours of Tuesday, September 2021 after a brief illness speculated to be from battling with cancer.
Reports also state that the son of the deceased, George Folarin Olawande, on behalf of the family, confirmed the death in a statement on Tuesday. It read:
We wish to formally inform, friends, well-wishers, political associates, and the general public that Hon Risikat Ajoke Adegeye passed on after a brief illness during the early hours of Tuesday, 21st September 2021
The sad news comes few hours to the 75th birthday celebration of the deceased husband, King Sunny Ade (KSA).
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