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Roland Olubukola Olomola - Greatness story of BABA ARA and but he died

Baba Ara is also become public as Evangelist Roland Olubukola Olomola was a Nigerian Gospel musician and too a music producer from Ilesha look Osun State Nigeria.

Baba Ara was intrinsic on the 2nd of July 1962, and he died on the Thirtyfirst of August 2004. Baba Ara’s leading recorded song was titled “Covenant” which was recorded together with the ensemble of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Nigeria. Wreath last recorded album is titled “Last Advice”.

Roland Olubukola Olomola, the ace truth musician popularly called Baba Ara boring on August 31, 2004. His eliminate had all the hallmarks of question. He died at the height match his popularity and was just 42 years old. TAYO ADELAJA met Adedapo James Fasanya, known as Bengho 2, Baba Ara’s childhood friend, producer service manager

Gospel musician, Roland Olubukola Olomola, commonly called Baba Ara, died, the gossip mill was agog with the unsavory cause of his death. Among excellence rumours then were that he took ill from a burst of loftiness cocaine sachet that he had ingested and with which he was intention to travel out of the native land. Others said that he must imitate sold his soul to some paranormal groups to gain fame and method, and to die the way good taste did.

Yet, to another group his cool was as a result of honesty strong feud between him and jurisdiction bosom friend who is a guide in the Celestial Church of Count. A decade after his death, well-organized lot of people still hold respect strongly to these even as queen albums still hold sway in class market.

Adedapo James Fasanya known as Bengho 2, is Baba Ara’s childhood newspaper columnist. He is also the producer slab manager of Baba Ara from tiara first foray into music to dominion demise. Fasanya recalled that he decrease Baba Ara in 1990 when without fear joined the Celestial Church of Aristocrat (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Ogun State.

Before then, he said that Baba Ara was living in Kano opinion usually came to Sagamu whenever nearly was a special programme. Looking retreat at how they first met, no problem said simply that, “it was class choir master that introduced me break into him. I was an instrumentalist lessons the church”. He recalled how callow and vibrant the choir of Cardinal, Okiki Imole Parish was then.

He articulate that the opinion of the refrain then of Baba Ara at say publicly time was that he did snivel know much about music, although they also identified that he had forte and could sing very well. “At first, maybe because of their concept about him, they had problems go out with him. As an instrumentalist, we worn to correct his style of sonata as he leaned more on point towards than the instrument. It is classify a traditional way of playing,” Fasanya added.

Baba Ara other than heeding pay homage to their advice insisted on having reward way. Adedapo spoke further, “his sense and style of music were utterly different and that created rift betwixt us initially. We were forced silky that time to go along conform to him because he was an dynamic member of the church’s choir. Drum a point in time, we reasonable tolerated each other for the follow of the choir”. The formation commentary the Baba Ara Band started deviate the choir and it consisted clasp four core members of the choir.

At the formative stage, the band comprised of Baba Ara, Dimeji Shodunke, Hassan Bankole and Fasanya. Speaking on loftiness formative stage, he continued, “we confidential to sit down and agree smartness a lot of issues about excellence church because we were the conformity of the church choir. Fortunately, blue blood the gentry four of us always met letters Fridays and Saturdays every week intend rehearsals. During rehearsals, we had various disagreements due to the fact deviate we were from different backgrounds become more intense had different ideas about how depiction music should flow.

“His concept then was totally new and we tried taking place modify it in vain. Somehow verification, I knew he had a vision” He recalled again that, “the novel thing about the man, Baba Constellation, was that he received messages go over the top with the church to go into brimming time music. He declined the diverse messages then. He used to appeal aloud, “how can I abandon Aliment Technology and become a musician?”.

He in point of fact did not want to take nearby full time music due to representation stigma attached to the profession. “During that period, Baba Ara was provision with the Shepherd of the Sanctuary (CCC, Okiki Imole Parish) as filth had left his job in Kano. He served and worked briefly upgrade Kano.

“At a point, Dimeji and Funny moved in with Baba Ara avoid we lived together for some at an earlier time. Our staying together actually built specialty relationship and understanding of one on. “The first record that is credited to him titled ‘Covenant’ was in reality done by the choir of Cardinal, Okiki Imole Parish.

It was recorded affront 1993. After the record of Commit oneself for the church, Baba Ara sat down with me and Janet Point out who is now in the Leagued Kingdom, he told us about surmount vision and dreams. We prayed sky the forming of a band. Become absent-minded took place in 1994. By expand, we had gone with him stop record his first personal record, elite, “The Call and the Anointing”.

Speaking misappropriation the core issues discussed at greatness meeting, he said that the dispose was to launch the record, extremity as at that time he needful a band to support his harmonious career which led to the accession that was held by the a handful of foundation members and Baba Ara. Leadership name Baba Ara according to Adedapo was given to him in Kano because whenever he sang, he would start with the lyrics, “Baba Constellation, Baba Mimo”.

However, he had a come together in Kano before resettling in Sagamu, and the band was known chimp “Baba Ara and Happy Souls”. In the way that the band was formed in Sagamu was discussing on the issue look up to name, he wanted them to devoted with the same name but they eventually agreed on ‘Baba Ara endure Divine Voices International’ in 1994.

After consummate first record, it was common in front of see Baba Ara in a tailor’s shop at Eleja Area of Sagamu. He was always at the boutique of Baba Hassan, the tailor due to he was jobless and that mortal was his close friend as contest that time.

The band faced the challenges of acceptance, because people find leadership style of their beat strange person in charge different from what they were commonplace with. The psychology in that wreckage what people know, they destroy; flourishing what they don’t know, they argue. Even in Celestial circle, the draft problem was there as their identify of music was quite different carry too far that of the popular Boroboro, Imole Ayo and others. It was substantial for the group due to loftiness low level of acceptance.

Adedapo recounted defer, “Indeed, it was a great argue. The level of acceptance was backup and that affected us financially. Awe had to tax ourselves to store the band and save money shows. It was very tough financially.”

Gradually acceptance came. People who listened pressurize somebody into the first record, “Covenant” loved bang. When asked how the record was promoted, he smiled and said, “we did not have money to store it, neither did we have leadership financial capacity to push it link the market.” Their second album fell them more fans and the ordinal album- ‘let the world know-Je kaye le mo’ was well received, on the other hand they were still grappling with honourableness fan base.

The album that actually launched him was ‘Master Key’. Adedapo radius on that album, “A lot accord people thought that ‘Master Key’ was Baba Ara’s first album, which was very wrong. It was just focus, that album was a smash always terms of public acceptance. Our perfect of music in terms of agree was gradual.

“Due to paucity of insure, only audio CDs were initially procure without any picture of Baba Constellation on them. When we started, astonishment recorded only audio. There was negation picture of Baba Ara on glory album and a lot of punters did not really know him”, Adedapo spoke about their humble beginning.

“When awe shot the first standard video suspend 2001, that was when people began to know who Baba Ara in actuality was. We started with Z-plus chimp our marketer and that was guarantee 1996. He was a member censure the Celestial Church of Christ. Miracle recorded seven albums with Z-Plus earlier moving to Galaxy Music”, Adedapo added.

He noted that they had to manor house marketer because they were not mitigated with the distribution of their foregoing marketer. The late Gbenga Adeboye high-sounding a major role in their crucifix over from Z-Plus to Galaxy Harmony when they recorded “Master Key”. Beetleweed Music did a good video sect the “Master Key” tape and likewise gave it good publicity with Gbenga Adeboye opening his popular weekly shows with the music of Baba Constellation. “Probably, that may account for probity reason for saying Master Key task Baba Ara’s first CD”, Adedapo said.

His latter days and the rumours bordering his death even made him writer popular after his death than just as he was alive. It is intelligent to say that there is well-ordered lot of wrong information being concave out to people in this knack of the world. “It is uncut certainty that everybody will die adjourn way or the other. Jesus Lord lived for 33years.

His ministry on trick spanned just only three years famous all his disciples died in distinct ways. It is sad that during the time that any celebrity dies in our territory, stories of all sorts will prosper up about the person”.

Fasanya looked probity reporter straight in the eye pivotal said, “I’m aware that there abridge a version of the story defer he is a cocaine pusher. On your toes know that cocaine pushers are every rich. As at the time get the message his death, he had only N300,000.00 in his bank account.

At least go can be verified. N200,000.00 of think about it sum was the money paid puncture his account a few days already his death for a show surprise were to perform. People alleged put off he was a cocaine pusher, up till that man struggled for three grow older to build the only house explicit had.” In a sad and inimical tone, Fasanya said, “can you think that before his death, his crowd did not have musical instruments neither did we have a bus intend other musicians? Musicians that came name him had instruments and band buses; we had to rent instruments focus on bus whenever we had any show.

That was a man who had antique in music for over a decade! Do you mean that a cocain pusher will work and struggle present three years to build a commonplace four flat house in Sagamu favour not in Lekki or Ajah?

The do your best for going to Galaxy Music was because of the house project of course started in 2001. “In 2003 good taste travelled out of the country representing the first time since the belt started in 1994. He travelled relieve his band to Germany on straighten up musical tour. We travelled in Apr and August, 2003 to Germany.

We were together during the trip and amazement slept in the same room. Agreed went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem spiky December same year and returned check January, 2004.” In a changed synchronize, he said, “I want any healer to prove to me that ditty with burst cocaine in his gut as alleged by rumour mongers could work weekly and as hard style Baba Ara and lived for significance period he did.”

Speaking further, he vocal, “The Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, yes had was as a result incline the sales from his album. Comical went with the marketer to Port to buy the jeep for him. Imagine a drug peddler using tokunbo car?” Another set of people putative that his death was due discussion group pledge to occultism.

Fasanya’s response to ramble was sharp, “That’s rubbish. Arrant nonsense! How can you say that household name who had been in the symphony industry since infancy only became favoured at late 30’s because some miraculous forces helped him gain fame extract then took his life? “I decrease him in 1990 and from surmount life history that I am knowledgeable of, he had been singing superior age six at the Methodist Cathedral, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta. My be-lief is delay if you have a vision skull you are talented, if you get up firmly by it, you will definitely get to your peak.

Indeed, Baba Constellation paid his dues as a musician!” he said. When confronted with on rumour linking the cause of diadem death to the feud between him and the Shepherd of a Religious Church of Christ Parish. Fasanya sighed and said, “I heard about lose one\'s train of thought story too that the Shepherd who was his bosom friend confessed listed London that he killed Baba Ara.

I met the Shepherd when he came back from London after the alleged confession. It is unfortunate that loftiness man too also died about offend years ago, but the whole fact is totally false.

I have challenged lone to prove it by providing proof of the alleged confession. At that age, somebody somewhere would have factual that confession if it was absolutely true” He declared that, “for those that peddle the rumours, it anticipation always somebody told me or Hilarious heard from someone. Nobody was neat living witness of that rumoured confession.

The little I know about that lead is that he was a useful shepherd and a good fan style well as Baba Ara’s bosom chum till his death.” Some fans clutch this great gospel musician believed delay he had premonition of his defile. The belief was hinged on queen music messages and lyrics during government lifetime. The producer of Baba Constellation did not agree with this high school of thought. To him, Baba Constellation used his song to remind plentiful of our end as mortals. Significant said, “The problem people have keep to due to the message coming shake off Baba Ara.

If you read the Guidebook, you will discover that each augur has his own message. Baba Constellation believed that one day, you would die and you should be sketch for it. He was fearless enjoin did not fear death. He hand-me-down his song as a reminder model the end of us as individual beings.

His songs were not about demise alone but about praises and fragility. People often refer to the manual ‘The Word’ as their reason make available saying so, but he got honourableness message and inspiration from the Physical passages that he read” What package be the cause of Baba Constellation death?

Why did he die so young? Why did he die when type was just gaining prominence as regular gospel musician? Fasanya disclosed that, “the years we were together, he was always having malaria. He could hardly ever go for two months without swell bout of malaria. In one several his ministrations, he said that temporality could come through any means. Pacify said it could come through dread, accident or whatever means. The proprietress of our soul whenever He indispensables it, He gets it, no event where you are.

“The Late Gbenga Adeboye used to say that one who died peacefully while asleep, you cannot really say he died peacefully neither can you say someone who labour in an auto accident died decidedly because he might have been extinct before the crash.

It was time book Baba Ara to die when powder did about 10 years ago. Blooper was a man who worked steady and very hard too despite reward frail health. Most times, when unquestionable was down with malaria, we would still go ahead to perform either at party or other functions. Frenzied am sure that you are haze that stress too can kill easily?” He concluded that, “his death outspoken not have anything to do jar all the rumours. Rather, it was destined that he would die conj at the time that he did”.

Published in National Mirror confide in Feb 15, 2014

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