Highlife legend, Victor Olaiya, has died aged 89 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

Olaiya died on Wednesday around noon after a brief illness.

A statement by Managing Director of his label, Evergreen Music Company Ltd, Bimbo Esho, confirmed his death.

Bimbo said: “The entire music world wish to announce the death of a Legend of Highlife music, One of the last man standing, the last of the original Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON..

“We pray that the soul of the Doyen of highlife music find repose with his creator while wishing the family and entire music community the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss.”

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