Popular Fuji musician, Iyanda Sawaba, dies In Ibadan

Popular Fuji musician, Iyanda Sawaba is dead.

He was aged 71.

Sawaba was said to have died at the UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State after suffering a partial stroke.

He was rushed to the hospital after collapsing on his way back from a party two weeks ago.

According to a source, he had been on oxygen mask at the Intensive Unit of the UCH.

His death has sent shockwaves across the Fuji music industry. Born in Ghana on November 11, 1951, Sawaba hailed from Ile Aperin in the Orita- Aperin area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

Sawaba debuted with Omo Ewenla Tide’gbale from the stable of Olumo Records in 1974.

Easy Sawaba held sway in the first half of the 1980s with his famous Pata-Olokun album.

Iyanda Sawaba as he was fondly called has dropped more than 22 albums such as Suru, Igbo Odaju, Pata Olokun, Ayetoto and Oroseniwo from the stable of old Adetunji Records (Babalaje Records) owned by the immediate past Olubadan of Ibadan land, Saliu Akanmu Adetunji.

He became more popular with his leading role among the then younger generation of Fuji musicians who supported the late Fuij icon, Sikiru Ayinde Barrister when the supremacy rivalry between the former and Kollington Ayinla was red hot.