Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, at the weekend, paid a visit to the family house of late music maestro and evangelist, King Sunny Okosun, in Lagos.
The visit came as the family was putting up a plan to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the late fascinating musician, who had stayed and played an instrument of his music by the graveside of Chief Moshood Abiola for what he described as the late politician’s exceptional kindness towards humanity.
During the visit, the presidential adviser known in his days in the newsroom to be the icon of “bomb journalism” as Editor of SUN and later Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the same newspaper, relayed through a short piece he posted on his Facebook Saturday evening the emotional moment that ensued while with the widow of Okosun and his two brothers.
He recalled how he keenly felt the loss of Okosun when he passed away 10 years ago.
The family, according to the piece, warmly received the former friend of their late bread winner who will again be celebrated soon as plans appear to have reached top gear in honour of the fallen musical hero.
Mr. Adesina said, “Oziddi King, Sonny Okosuns, was my good friend. I felt the loss keenly when he passed away 10 years ago.
“On a flying visit to Lagos, I stopped by to see the family of my late friend. I was warmly received by Omono, the widow, Charles and Iwa, the brothers. It was a poignant time, as they unfolded plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the music maestro/evangelist.”
He then paid tribute even ahead of the anniversary asking King Sunny Okosun to “Sleep well, Sonny, till the day of the Great Awakening,” adding by quoting a track from an album the late musician sang during his lifetime saying,
“Wake up from your slumber
Put on your clothes, put on your shoes,
Wake up from your slumber, don’t be a drag…
Happy days will come..”
Yes, as Okosuns sang, happy days will come, Adesina said.
