The Kwara State University Community has received the news of the passing of Alhaji King Aminullahi Jaigbade Alao with sorrow.

The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, who expressed the institutions grief, said the legendary musician was an exemplary bard who used his art to entertain and promote historical and political awareness.

Professor Jimoh added that Alhaji Jaiyegbade Alao had given live performances in the University and received KWASU’s award of honorary doctorate in recognition of his contributions to music and development of society through his songs.

The University don described Alhaji Jaiyegbade Alao as an insightful, politically aware, internationally renowned artist who would be thoroughly missed as a repertoire of historical facts and for his ingenious compositions.

The late Alhaji Jaiyegbade whose death occurred in the early hours of Monday March 20, 2023 hailed from Ilorin.

He was turbaned in 1991 as the King of Songs (Oba Olorin) by the late Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulu Karnaini Gambari and received an honorary doctorate degree in Music from Kwara State University in 2018.

The Acting Vice Chancellor who prayed for the repose of the soul of the late Dadakuada maestro also asked that Allah give the family, friends and fans of Alhaji Jaiyegbade Alao the fortitude to bear the loss.

Dr. Saeedat Aliyu
Acting Director, University Relations