Following
Moses Olaiya, ‘Baba Sala’s’ public outcry for financial support to enable him
procure proper medical treatment for acute stroke, his first son,
Reverend Dele Adejumoh, has challenged president Buhari and Governor of
Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, to come out and celebrate the ailing comic legend.
According to Reverend Dele in an exclusive chat with Weekend Groove, with Baba Sala’s pedigree as an entertainment enigma cum trailblazer who set the pace for other comedians, he deserves to be celebrated in his lifetime.
“I see him as somebody that should be celebrated for so many reasons. It was Baba Sala that blazed the trail of comedy in Nigeria; and I am just being modest by limiting it to Nigeria in actual fact if we really want to go down memory lane, we can say he blazed the trail of comedy in Africa because Ibadan has that opportunity to be the city where we have the first Television station in Africa. And Baba Sala rode on the crest of Nigerian Television to achieve fame and fortune. Honestly speaking, if you look at that, I mean what he has achieved with the present set of comedians, I’m not talking about stand up comedians, I’m talking about Baba Suwe, Latin, Baba Mero and the likes, they actually use him as their role model, so he deserves to be honoured, he deserves to be celebrated while he is still alive.” Speaking further, he called on President Buhari, Governor Aregbesola and well-meaning Nigerians to support the launch of Baba Sala’s biography on December 4 in Lagos. “Come December 4, 2017, we’ll be launching his biography titled ‘The Triumph of Destiny, co-authored by Babatunde Akinola, Collins Oyedokun and Kunle Ajani. I’m calling on President Buhari, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, other south west governors, all entertainers and well-meaning Nigerians to support us as we cannot do this alone. Baba Sala deserves to be celebrated during his lifetime which is why we have made this effort to chronicle his life and achievements in a book”, he said.
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