April 17, (THEWILL) – Legendary Juju artiste, Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, also known as King Sunny Ade, finally put an end to a rumoured rivalry with Ebenezer Obey–Fabiyi on Sunday, April 3, 2022 during the 80th birthday celebration of the music icon. KSA was one of the guests of the Fabiyis as they marked Obey’s birthday at Decross Gospel Mission headquarters in Agege, Lagos State.
Seated next to the celebrant, KSA was dressed in the same colourful aso ebi as other guests. He was applauded for his signature dance steps as he enjoyed himself and stayed on till the close of the event. The two music icons were whispering to each other’s ear and smiling cheerfully while the event lasted. Many of their fans were excited to see both of them relating together and celebrating each other.
This development is coming many years after a rumour erected a wall between the two artistes. There was even talk about the celebrity juju musicians not being in speaking terms for a very long time until Fabiyi started his evangelistic ministry about 30 years ago.
It was said that whenever either of them performed at an event, the event would be disrupted by overzealous fans pointing accusing fingers at the other artiste. There was hardly any recorded song released by one that was not described as derogatory to the other. At a point, two elders in the Juju music industry, Adeolu Akinsanya and I.K Dairo, had to step in to broker peace between the two parties.
A few years after their alleged rivalry died down, a concert was staged where the two artistes played together to celebrate Nigeria at 50.
