Raggae star and ghetto soldier, Daddy Showkey, has sent a strong warning that whoever intend to rubbish the legacy of late fuji maestro, Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister would perished. The Ajegunle born music star dropped the bombshell during an exclusive interview with Oludasile Fuji Fm.
Below is the interview.
HOW DID YOU MEET BARRISTER
I met him for the first time around
1978/79. I have skill in acrobatic and there was a show at NTV, the show was for Elders, it called Barbic show, I used to go there to perform
acrobatic, it was there Barrister saw me and developed interest in me
and asked me to be following him.
WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BARRISTER
Hmmm! No musician like
Barrister. When I was 8years old, as a said I have a skill in acrobatic i can also crow like a cook. I have a brother/promoter then, that
usually carried me to different parties/shows to display my skill, it
was at one of this shows that baba name me “Akuko” and he always called
me anytime he has a show.
There was a show at TBS around 1984 tagged 'Musical jamboree', I was
14yrs old, then, the bouncers at the entrance didn’t allow me to enter but to
my surprise, Barrister sent his manager outside to come and carry me.
I started vacation job in 1985 at Wharf and this makes me to lost contact with Barrister, on my way coming from work one day, I heard Barrister album released titled “Fertilizer”, I don’t have money with me to buy the album, I have to steal my mother's money to buy it. My mother have JBC Tape and that gives me the opportunity to always play the cassette, when my mother knew that I stole her money, she beat me.
HOW DID YOU MEET HIM AGAIN AFTER THE LOST OF CONTACT
It was in
1994, when I released my first record, I told some of my friends that i
wish Barrister can bless the record, but they told me that i should not, that
anybody Barrister put his hansd on his head will never be successful and
will die of headache but i told them, I will go.
I heard of Barrister's show at FASLAK HOTEL for Demola Yakubu's wife
'sbirthday, there was a woman selling things at the gate of the hotel that
I approached and begged her to allow me to see Barrister, she was the
one that handed me over to Alhaja Yakubu that I wanted to see Barrister
and she took me to his room upstair, when Barrister saw me he shouted my
name “Akuko gagara” and I told him my mission, he asked the Alfas in
the room with him to pray for me and he himself blessed my cassette, he
gave the Alfas unbelievable amount of money as “owo adura”, then one of
the Alfas said my record will sell beyond my imagination but i should
not forget that day and what Barrister did for me.
The party started
around 7pm and Barrister was on stage before I entered the party ground,
he was singing and quickly changed it when he saw me 'Awon kan lo mo
ohun to se won ti won ko lati jo, Daddy Showkey ma wole, omo Baba, Daddy
Showkey ma wole omo Ayinde, iwo na a dagba lola Olohun Oba'. He then
opened his brief case and sprayed me money, which I also did but he
ordered his manager to give me back all the money, when i counted the
money, it was #280,000.
After that day, I told my doubting friends that am alive with no headache and my record was selling fast.
ANY UNFORGETTABLE THINGS BARRISTER DID FOR YOU
Thank you! The same
1994 Raskimono took me to Abuja for a concert and the day happened to
be Barrister birthday, I didn’t know he was at Abuja, we even lodged at
the same hotel (Transcorp).
On that day as I wanted to open the
entrance door, I don’t know it’s slidding door and I fell down, peoples
there makes jest of me but immediately the door opened, I saw Barrister
and he carried me up and said a day will come people making jest of me
will praised me back.
He advised me that all the money Raskimono gave me for the concert
should be spent wisely. The total money was #15000, as Ajegunle boy, I
gave my mother #10,000 and took the remaining #5000 to Madillas and buy
some clothes and also buy beers for my friends.
It was my friends i
bought beers for that reported me to Ajegunle Police station, that am just
spending money, that they don’t know how I got the money, the DPO at the
station was Taiwo Olakanu and IPO was Baba Laso.
I was detained but
there was a day the DPO cousin visited him and told him, there is a new
musician in town that he played at a show at Abuja, that same day, they
were planning to show me on TV as armed robber, the IPO brought me to
DPO office and his cousin saw me and told the DPO that I am the
musician. It was at the station they signed me for my second show for
Unilag student.
After the show, I was released and I went to
Barrister and explained everything to him, he then advised me to get bank
account. The account was opened with Citizen Bank, Barrister and Dr.
Patrick Obubo served as my guarantors.
I was a guest artiste at a popular musician 40th birthday celebration
in 1997, it was at the party that I was called that my wife was rushed
to hospital for labour. On getting to the hospital, the Doctor told me
to deposit some amount of money but that time I was financially down due
to a promoter that refused to give me my foreign trip money.
A
thought came to my mind to approach the musician I left his party, on
getting there I was told he was resting, I waited for long but to my
surprised, two female visited the man and the security told them in
Yoruba language, that the musician did not want to see me. The security
didn’t know I can speak Yoruba.
I left there and decided to visit
Alhaji Barrister since his house is not far to that musician house, on
getting there, I was told Baba travelled to Ibadan but his manager called him and Baba started singing “…..mori waya, mori waya ni
Isolo….the next thing baba asked his manager to give me #25000 for the
baby, #25000 for the mother, #25000 as hospital bill etc the total money
I collected that day was #250,000. Infact I will never forget that day in my life.
On getting to the hospital, the Doctor told me to leave the money.
WHY ONLY BARRISTER
Thank you, Baba is extraordinary human being and I believe he is rightly behind God in heaven.
My first house at Ojodu, Barrister gave me 250bags of cement and 500pcs of blocks to start the work.
If
Barrister were two in Nigeria, things would changde. His music gave me
wisdom and makes me different human being, even many people in Ibadan
believe i was his son. His son Barry Showkey took his stage name from my name.
I am not a Fuji Musician but anybody that talk ill of Barrister Legacy will perish.
WHAT WAS YOUR MOTHER REACTION TO BARRISTER
Remember I told you the first musician album I bought was fertilizer and I stole my mother's money to buy it.
I
was at the naming ceremony of my good friend, Pasuma's child, my wife and
Pasuma's wife put to bed a day interval, on the naming ceremony day, when I
reached there I saw only Malaika, Remi Aluko and Atawewe and I asked
Pasuma why didn’t he invite Barrister but he told me baba will not come,
I and my Lawyer (Abdul Kehinde) rushed down to Barrister house and I
went straight to his bedroom and I told him Pasuma is celebrating his
child naming but baba told me, nobody invited him, even he didn’t know
but I told him, he is aware now and he must go, but he said he was
engaged and gave me a reasonable amount of money to give Pasuma, which I
will like Pasuma to disclosed by himself and I told him the following
day is my own daughter naming as well, he gave me #250,000.
On getting back, I gave the money to Pasuma, he was surprised and he gave me #150,000 out of it.
On the day of my daughter naming, everybody was around and I told
them, am waiting for Baba to give my child name but he later sent
message that Iya Eko was sick and he need to visit her.
Around 7pm
that day when we have finished party, I just saw a cooling van coming in
front of a car, guess who came out of the car? It was Baba, he
appologised for coming late, party start all over again.
My mother
was just crying that the man you stole my money to buy his record, now
came to our house to visit you. Today my son, you have achieved.
YOUR ADVICE FOR FUJI MUSICIAN
Everything will be past, they must
not let baba legacy to die, Fuji music will continue going backward
until they all celebrate the founder.
I will honour Barry without calling any of them, if Barrister “takes English dey play music” the world will celebrate him.
I appreciate OLUDASILE FUJI ON FM for keeping the legacy alive.
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