Veteran musician and producer, Pa Chris Ajilo has died at the age of 90, Igbere TV reports.
The musician died on Saturday morning after he was rushed to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha where he died.
Confirming Ajilo’s passage, President Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GBPN), Chris Kehinde Nwandu the wrote; “Legendary Musician and Artiste Manager Pa Chris Ajilo dies at 90.”
Semoore Badejo wrote; “OH PA CHRIS AJILO!!! End of an era?”
Ajilo songs include, ‘Eko Gba Gbere’, ‘Ariwo’ and ‘Emi Mimo’.
He 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 hails from Ijebu-Ijesa and died at the age of 90.
