The late initiator of indigenous Adamo Ijesa music, Adedara Arunraloja Oba, has been buried at his hometown in Ilesa, Osun.
Oba died at the age of 92 on April 21. He was buried on Saturday at his Oke-Ayo residence.
At the funeral service, Prophet Ademola Egbeyemi, Pastor-in-charge, Holiness Church of Christ (Ori-Oke Apedahun), Ilesa, called for genuine repentance from all.
Egbeyemi said that whatever humans do in secret would come to light one day, adding that everybody would be judged according to his or her deeds, either good or bad.
In her remarks, the first child of the deceased, Prophetess Aderonke Adedara, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on behalf of other children, thanked God for their father’s fulfilled life.
Adedara described the death of her father, the foremost Adamo-Ijesa singer, as the end of an era of indigenous music in Nigeria.
She said that children, wives and families left by father and the people of Ijesaland, Osun and Nigeria at large would greatly miss him.
She promised that the children would emulate the steps of their father.
Meanwhile, fans of the iconic singer have described the death of the foremost Adamo-Ijesa singer, as the end of an era in indigenous music in Nigeria.
They said that his exit had left a big vacuum in the music industry.
