Hon. Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, wife
of legendary Nigerian Juju singer, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, better known
as King Sunny Ade, is dead.
Adegeye, a devoted and loyal
party member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died after a brief
sickness.
Mr George Folarin Olawande on
behalf of the family confirmed the death in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement reads in part: “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.
“Hon Risikat Ajoke Adegeye was a
Honourable Member in the 6th Assembly of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
“She will be greatly missed not
only by her immediate family but also by her political associates and
followers. Further information in respect to her burial ceremony will be
announced later after extensive consultations with the family.
“Thank you as we pray that she continues to
rest peacefully and eternally with the Almighty God.”
She was a former Chairmanship
Aspirant under the platform of APC, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.
Hon. Adegeye was a member of the
ruling All Progressives Congress and was once the member representing
Amuwo-Odofin Local Government at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
She served between 2011 and 2015.
No comment has been made yet by
the African pop musician, KSA as of press time.
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