Even when I was told that my name was one of those shortlisted for promotion to the rank of assistant commissioner of police, I said I would not believe until I had seen the letter. I didn't know that God would elevate me to that stage. Did you really plan to become a police officer? She tells ADEOLA BALOGUN and AYODELE ALE the kind of interaction he had with the late musician and how she rose through the ranks to become a highly visible face in the police. She came into the limelight when the late highlife maestro, Orlando Owoh, sang her praise as 'Aunty Ayo in Alagbon' in an album he waxed to reflect his ordeal in detention. 'His brand of music is unique, we will miss him,' she said.Ayodele Fadairo was, until last week, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Lagos State Command. 'His departure has created a vacuum in the highlife music scene which will take years to fill,' remarked Abiodun.īinta Ayo Mogaji, a movie actress who spoke from London, said Orlando was a great man. President of PMAN, Admiral Dele Abiodun, described him as a man of honour and one of the most successful band leaders in Nigeria, who took the music industry by storm for decades.

Meanwhile, condolence messages have been pouring in for the late musician. He is survived by several children and an aged mother. His remains were later deposited at the hospital morgue for embalmment, pending burial arrangements by the family.īefore his death, the late Orlando Owoh was said to have been married to seven wives, but three of them died before him. He, however, died at about 8 p.m., on Tuesday, at the General Hospital Annexe, before he was taken to Ikeja, where doctors certified him dead.

The late highlife maestro's condition worsened on Monday, when he slipped into a coma, which raised speculations that he had died.

It was learnt that when Orlando's health deteriorated about four months ago, he was taken to the General Hospital Annexe, in Ile Epo area of Agege, where he was confined to his bed. Orlando Owoh, reportedly died at the General Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, P.M.News can reveal that the veteran highlife musician was clinically dead before he was taken to the hospital. Although the late African Kennery exponent, Dr.

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