A veteran Nigerian musician has escaped being attacked by some armed robbers in the city of Lagos. Veteran Nigeria musician, Queen Salawa Abeni, is a very happy woman at the moment.
The singer is happy for managing to escape being attacked by some armed robbers in Lagos. She took to her Instagram page to tell her followers about how glad she is to have avoided the deadly attack.
According to her, she escaped the robbery incident at night. She didn’t provide too many details about how she the incident happened but she explained that she is fine and gave thanks to God.
She wrote: “My people. Help me thank and praise God. I escaped a robbery last night. Allah Akbar kabir.
“I’m fine my people. Glory be to almighty God.”
Salawa Abeni Alidu (born 5 May 1961) is a Nigerian singer. An Ijebu Yoruba from Ijebu Waterside, in Ogun State, she began her professional career in waka music when she released her debut album titled, Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, in 1976, on Leader Records. It became the first recording by a female artist in Yoruba Songs to sell over a million copies in Nigeria.
Abeni continued recording for Leader until 1986, when she ended a relationship with the record label’s owner, Lateef Adepoju. She married Kollington Ayinla and joined his record label instead, staying with him until 1994.
She was crowned “Queen of Waka Music” by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in 1992. Waka is an Islamic-influenced, traditional Yoruba music style, popularized by Batile Alake; it is a much older genre than jùjú and fuji.
