The death of veteran folk singer, Actor, Jimi Solanke on Monday brought reactions from many Nigerians including President Bola Tinubu.
Solanke who had been ailing since December 2023, reportedly died while being rushed from his country home at Ipara Remo in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan.
A statement from the Presidency quoted President Tinubu as describing Jimi Solanke as “one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of our cherished mores and cultural heritage”.
”President Tinubu mourns the literary and cultural virtuoso and describes him as one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of our cherished mores and cultural heritage
The President condoles with the Solanke family and all those who mourn this painful loss while praying for the peaceful repose of the beloved departed,” the statement said.
