Ara is broken hearted. No, it is not about her
marriage that crashed some time ago. Ara is still
shattered concerning the death of Deji Falae, the
former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism,
Ondo State, who was among those that died on the
ill-fated Associated Airline on October, 3, 2013.
Falae would have been a year older last Wednesday
and the drummer girl couldn’t forget easily how she
surprised him on his birthday, last year.
While reminiscing about his last birthday, Ara told
Saturday Beats that she had his favourite musician,
9ice, call to wish Falae a happy birthday. She said
the young man loved the surprise and was grateful.
The singer who used a picture of Falae as her
display picture on Blackberry on Wednesday wrote
on her personal message, “Happy Birthday Ayodeji
Falae… This day was so special last year. I called
9ice your favourite artiste to give you a surprise
happy birthday call, you loved it.”
Still shocked and sad about his demise, Ara said
had he lived till Wednesday (his birthday), she had
already planned another surprise for him. She said,
“I would have got a few of my band members to
surprise him with early morning chanting of his
panegyric (oriki) and drumming. You know he was a
prince.”

The Punch