Salawa Abeni, a well-known Nigerian Waka singer, lavished her husband Rasheed Adahunse with praises last Sunday at the Eko Club during his retirement and birthday celebration.
Remembers how Salawa Abeni shocked her admirers by revealing her spouse to them last weekend after maintaining their marriage a secret for four years?
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In her speech at the party where she talk about Adahunse, she said, “I don’t have much words to utter, let me thank God, I will just say a bit about Alhaji Abdulrasheed Agbolade, my dearest husband. You are retired but not tired, I pray that as God joined us together as husband and wife four years ago, you will live long and have abundance. I saw you then as a complete ‘English’ man, you saw me as a musician. But love conquered all. I have not chosen wrongly. From today, call me Abeni, Idunu Ishola.”
When asked by Kemi Ashefon in 2019 if she would get married again, Salawa, who was just recovering from a health challenged that ravaged her for almost five years replied then, “I was once married to Chief Kollington Ayinla but we are no longer together. I don’t want to comment on that because the union produced wonderful children. Now, I am not married but I have lovely kids. That a woman is successful in her career and still married is good. That’s a plus. On the other hand, it does not mean the woman who is divorced or single is of bad behavior—she is not abnormal. It could be a challenge and such women should move on and stop seeing everyone as an enemy.
They should also learn to ignore whatever negative words people are saying. There is no woman who doesn’t want to be married. Though there could be challenges, I believe God can give everyone a new beginning. Even at my age, I know and believe God can give me a new beginning. So, don’t give up!
