Famous Musician, Jaigbade Alao, Dies In Ilorin…Gov Abdulrazaq Offers Condolences
Alhaji Muhammad Aminu Kuranga popularly called ‘Jaigbade Alao’, is dead.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned he breathed his last in Ilorin on Monday morning.
Recognized as King of Dadakuada Music, Alhaji Jaigbade Alao had begun to entertain Ilorin monarchs beginning from the reign of Emir Abdulkadir Shuaib Bawa (1920 -1959) .
He received honorary doctorate degree in Music from the Kwara state University in 2018.
The deceased musician had recently announced his retirement from music while noting that his son Muhammad Jamiu would be taking over from him.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Kuranga family over the death of the late music legend, praying Allah to grant the deceased musician al-jannah Firdaus and comfort them.
‘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’ the governor submitted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye.
‘The Dadakuada crooner was among the statesmen that the Kwara State Government recently honoured during the maiden edition of its lifetime achievement awards dedicated to different personalities who had served or contributed to the development of the state or the country at various levels/sectors’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com
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