Weeks after his rumoured death, King of Afro Beats, Sunny Ade, on Tuesday paid a visit to the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, where he promised to contribute to the growth of the new medical institution.
The juju maestro, who came in company of High Chief Olusola Adeduro, the Sasere of Ondo Kingdom, said his presence at the medical university would show the world that he is very much alive.
“This is not my ghost,” the Ondo-born world acclaimed musician said and went ahead to dance to one of his popular numbers rendered by the management staff of the university.
While welcoming the man popularly known as KSA, the Vice Chancellor of the UNIMED, Prof. Friday Okonofua, described the musician as a living legend whose music has impacted positively generations of Nigerians and citizens of the world.
“I was shocked and saddened when some wicked persons rumoured recently that you were dead,” Okonofua said.
“It is not time for you to die. Nigeria still needs you, Ondo needs you and the University of Medical Sciences needs you.
“You are a living legend; your music has over the years remain evergreen. The medical university, first of its kind in West Africa, is a befitting honour to your birth place. We want to be your friend and we want you to be a friend of the university.”
In his response, KSA said he was proud that the first medical university is sited in Ondo and that he was ready to give his all to its success.
“I am a friend of UNIMED. I have one of my arms in the University of Ibadan; I have another arm in the University of Lagos but I have my whole body in the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo,” he said.
