Highlife Music Legend, Chris Ajilo is dead

Veteran musician and producer, Pa Chris Ajilo is dead.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG gathered that the ‘Eko O Gba Gbere’ crooner died in his Ijebu -Ijesha hometown after a brief illness Saturday morning.

Ajilo died on Saturday morning after he was rushed to Wesley Guild Hospital in Ilesha where he passed on.

According to Latoya Aduke, wife of Orlando Julius, he was hale and hearty when they visited him on Thursday.

“It is a painful loss to us. I took Orlando to see him on Thursday at his house. Pa was so happy,” Latoya revealed.

Ajilo was born on December 26, 1929, at Okepopo on Lagos Island.

He attended CMS Grammar School, Lagos, and for three years, music was compulsory. They were only allowed to drop music as subject in Form 4.

His mother didn’t support his decision to study music . He lost his father when he was young.

He released his last album when he was 83.

Ajilo known for his songs, Eko Gba Gbere, Ariwo and Emi Mimo is the last of generation of veterans like Victor Olaiya, Bobby Benson and others that formed the Nigerian Union of Musician, the first guild for musicians.

Ajilo was also a producer for polygraph turned Polygram Records who produced several albums notably Chief Olisa Osadebe’s Osondu Owendi.

Pa Christopher Ajilore who hails from Ijebu-Ijesa died at the age of 91.

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