Gospel Singer Yinka Ayefele Narrates How His Father Died

Nigerian gospel singer Yinka Ayefele narrated
in an open interview how his father Pa Joshua
Taiwo Fele, died on October 12.

Gospel singer Yinka Ayefele
The sad news broke out weeks after the
famous musician and his wife had welcomed

their third child .
Speaking recently with City People, Yinka said
that his father, a renowned teacher in Ipoti
Ekiti who rose to the post of Headmaster
before his demise, knew he would die soon,
which happened on the day of his 76th
birthday.

When asked about how it happened, the singer
said:

“I believe Baba (father) had premonition of his
death, he knew he was going to die because
he called me a week before his demise that he
wanted to celebrate his birthday. I was very
happy because he had never celebrated his
birthday before. Even when he clocked 70, I
wanted to celebrate his birthday for him, and I
told him I want to put something together for
him, and stopped me from doing it, because he
was of the belief that anybody who celebrates
birthday won’t live long. So I was very
surprised when he called me to tell me that he
is planning to celebrate his 76th birthday.”
Yinka disclosed that his father also called his
siblings to invite them and called him again
October 11, a day before the birthday.
The artiste continued narrating in detail
everything that happened already on Sunday:
“I got to Ipoti around 12 noon and he was
already in the church, so I just went straight to
my own house and waited for him to come
back from church. I called him few minutes
later to tell him that I am around and he was
so excited. Usually, my father comes to my
house whenever I am in Ipoti, even if I didn’t
tell him that I am around, once he sees that
the there is light in my house , he will know
that I am around and he will just come over .
So I asked him that where are we going to
meet , because my car cannot get to his
house , and he told me to park anywhere that
he will come and meet me , and I said I am
going to park on the main road close to his
house .When I got there I saw him waiting for
me already on the main road .When I saw
him , he was looking very good and very
healthy.”
They exchanged some jokes, which Yinka said
they usually did, after which Pa
Ayefele squeezed his son’s hand showing
Yinka his arm.
“And I said Baba , you are looking smaller ,
and he said this is how I am going to go back
to my creator, and I was like what are you
saying ? Before I went to Ekiti , I told my tailor
to do him a heavy Agbada, so I took it home
and gave it to him and he was so happy .
When he received it he prayed for me and said
“you are our father now, you are our leader
and we are all happy with you”. I gave
everybody around money, and I left .About
seven minutes after I had left Ipoti, they called
me that Baba Ayefele is gone, I was like this
can’t be true. They rushed him to Federal
Medical Centre, Ido . I asked them to give the
phone to the doctor, and the doctor said they
are waiting for me because they want to pack
him. I said pack who ?, I just left him not
quite long. That was how it happened.”
He confessed that the news was a big shock
for him; his father was believed to be in good
health and had never suffered from serious
sicknesses before his passing.

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