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naptu2:
Ho God! Eureka! I've found another one! The first four lines of this song!

Ki leleyi o? (Eja osan)
Ki leleyi o? (Eja osan)
Eja tutu, (sokoyokoto).
Eja tutu, (sokoyokoto).

King Sunny Ade - Jealousy (1987).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzzjrhz6wQM

naptu2:
I'm confused. Some nairalanders have posted something that is very strange. They say that King Sunny Ade sang a song in honour of Deinde Fernandez in the late 1980s. The song I know about is the song that King Sunny Ade composed in honour of The Erelu of Lagos, Princess Abiola Dosunmu Elegbede-Fernandez (Deinde Fernandez's ex-wife) in the late 1980s. I had the original cassette!


I suspect that they are confused because they heard the name Fernandez in the chorus. Erelu Fernandez was a socialite and no party was complete without her. I suspect that KSA got the idea to compose the song from one of those spraying sessions.

Deinde Fernandez wrote a public letter to the Erelu shortly after this song was released. He demanded that she should stop using his surname or he would go to court and get the court to compel her to stop using it (after all, they had been divorced for many years). She was previously known and addressed as The Erelu Of Lagos, Princess Abiola Dosunmu Elegbede Fernandez. I don't know if Deinde Fernandez actually went to court, but she eventually dropped the extra surnames and became known and addressed as The Erelu Of Lagos, Princess Abiola Dosunmu.


A similar situation occurred in 2003. Oba Oyekan was very fond of Princess Abiola Dosunmu and she was addressed as The Erelu of Lagos (the Queen Mother) while he was alive. However, Oba Akiolu ordered her to stop using the title "Erelu Of Lagos" because she was not the Erelu Of Lagos, she was actually the Erelu-Kuti of Lagos.


Here's the song.

King Sunny Ade - Bibire Kose Fowora (Erelu Abiola Dosunmu Fernandez).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BzmQQ58wGI

naptu2:
This was my favourite intro to a song for a very long time. Unfortunately it's a little too fast in this video and you can't hear the bass.

This is the B side of Authority.


King Sunny Ade - Chief Dr Raymond Dokpesi (1990).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdb6rOtrzE

naptu2:
6) Rolls Royce: This car was parked on Awolowo Road (between Chyzob Pharmacy and the photography studio) in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It was sometimes flanked on either side by a BMW 5 Series (E34) and a Mercedes Benz 560SEL (W126). It was in good working order (he sometimes drove it to Sunday Football).

naptu2:
I wonder if it was true.

I went past a certain house every day from 1984-1986 and again from 1988-1989. It was said that the house belonged to "Fajemirokun". I wonder if it was true. I believe that they meant Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun, but they could also have meant Dele Fajemirokun.


I can no longer remember if they were there in 1984-'86, but I certainly remember seeing them everyday in 1988 and '89.


Right at the centre was a white 1950s Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. On either side of the Wraith were two fabulous and more modern cars. On the left was a silver W126 Mercedes Benz S Class and on the right was a white E34 BMW 5 Series.

naptu2:
This is the biography of the businessman Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun https://www.nairaland.com/891985/dantata-dangote-story-how-create/2#10438755


I actually have a picture of Henry Fajemirokun with the car, but I am too lazy to get it right now.