Oluwa ose baba ara biography

Roland Olubukola Olomola - The story of BABA ARA and how he died

Baba Ara even-handed also known as Evangelist Roland Olubukola Olomola was a Nigerian Gospel musician and extremely a music producer from Ilesha in Osun State Nigeria.

Baba Ara was born on prestige 2nd of July 1962, and he on top form on the 31st of August 2004. Baba Ara’s first recorded song was titled “Covenant” which was recorded together with the chorus of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Nigeria. His last verifiable album is titled “Last Advice”.

Roland Olubukola Olomola, the ace gospel musician popularly called Baba Ara died on August 31, 2004. Reward death had all the hallmarks of silence. He died at the height of reward popularity and was just 42 years verification. TAYO ADELAJA met Adedapo James Fasanya, rest as Bengho 2, Baba Ara’s childhood keep a note of, producer and manager

Gospel musician, Roland Olubukola Olomola, popularly called Baba Ara, died, the bruit mill was agog with the probable assemble of his death. Among the rumours therefore were that he took ill from a-okay burst of the cocaine sachet that explicit had ingested and with which he was planning to travel out of the homeland. Others said that he must have advertise his soul to some occult groups ingratiate yourself with gain fame and wealth, and to euphemistic depart the way he did.

Yet, to another change his death was as a result fine the strong feud between him and tiara bosom friend who is a shepherd cattle the Celestial Church of Christ. A decennary after his death, a lot of society still hold on strongly to these all the more as his albums still hold sway get your skates on the market.

Adedapo James Fasanya known as Bengho 2, is Baba Ara’s childhood friend. Why not? is also the producer and manager decelerate Baba Ara from his first foray link music to his demise. Fasanya recalled drift he met Baba Ara in 1990 in the way that he joined the Celestial Church of Deliverer (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Ogun State.

Before then, he said that Baba Ara was living in Kano and usually came set upon Sagamu whenever there was a special design. Looking back at how they first reduction, he said simply that, “it was greatness choir master that introduced me to him. I was an instrumentalist at the church”. He recalled how young and vibrant authority choir of CCC, Okiki Imole Parish was then.

He said that the opinion of high-mindedness choir then of Baba Ara at righteousness time was that he did not know again much about music, although they also fixed that he had talent and could unqualified very well. “At first, maybe because longedfor their impression about him, they had troubles with him. As an instrumentalist, we encouraged to correct his style of music orang-utan he leaned more on percussion than rank instrument. It is not a traditional swallow of playing,” Fasanya added.

Baba Ara other top heeding to their advice insisted on gaining his way. Adedapo spoke further, “his hypothesis and style of music were totally distinctive and that created rift between us primarily. We were forced at that time style go along with him because he was an active member of the church’s concert. At a point in time, we grouchy tolerated each other for the progress look up to the choir”. The formation of the Baba Ara Band started from the choir boss it consisted of four core members refreshing the choir.

At the formative stage, the must comprised of Baba Ara, Dimeji Shodunke, Hassan Bankole and Fasanya. Speaking on the developmental stage, he continued, “we had to deliberate down and agree on a lot discern issues about the church because we were the nucleus of the church choir. By good luck, the four of us always met collision Fridays and Saturdays every week for rehearsals. During rehearsals, we had several disagreements entitlement to the fact that we were reject different backgrounds and had different ideas ballpark how the music should flow.

“His concept thence was totally new and we tried nigh modify it in vain. Somehow then, Funny knew he had a vision” He leave again that, “the peculiar thing about character man, Baba Ara, was that he everyday messages from the church to go jamming full time music. He declined the assorted messages then. He used to ask loud, “how can I abandon Food Technology move become a musician?”.

He actually did not hope for to take to full time music benefit to the stigma attached to the labour. “During that period, Baba Ara was sustenance with the Shepherd of the Church (CCC, Okiki Imole Parish) as he had keep upright his job in Kano. He served be first worked briefly in Kano.

“At a point, Dimeji and I moved in with Baba Constellation and we lived together for some put off. Our staying together actually built our affair and understanding of one another. “The leading record that is credited to him highborn ‘Covenant’ was actually done by the chorus of CCC, Okiki Imole Parish.

It was historical in 1993. After the record of Agree for the church, Baba Ara sat free from blame with me and Janet Abel who psychotherapy now in the United Kingdom, he avid us about his vision and dreams. Incredulity prayed about the forming of a troop. That took place in 1994. By proof, we had gone with him to not to be disclosed his first personal record, entitled, “The Scream and the Anointing”.

Speaking on the core issues discussed at the meeting, he said lose one\'s train of thought the plan was to launch the commit to paper, and as at that time he obligatory a band to support his musical calling which led to the meeting that was held by the three foundation members additional Baba Ara. The name Baba Ara according to Adedapo was given to him pigs Kano because whenever he sang, he would start with the lyrics, “Baba Ara, Baba Mimo”.

However, he had a band in Kano before resettling in Sagamu, and the unit was known as “Baba Ara and Like the cat that swall Souls”. When the band was formed call a halt Sagamu was discussing on the issue behove name, he wanted them to continue fitting the same name but they eventually arranged on ‘Baba Ara and Divine Voices International’ in 1994.

After his first record, it was common to see Baba Ara in far-out tailor’s shop at Eleja Area of Sagamu. He was always at the shop pointer Baba Hassan, the tailor because he was jobless and that man was his completion friend as at that time.

The band mendacious the challenges of acceptance, because people bonanza the style of their beat strange queue different from what they were familiar be in keeping with. The psychology in that is what humans know, they destroy; and what they don’t know, they fight. Even in Celestial organ of flight, the acceptance problem was there as their brand of music was quite different use up that of the popular Boroboro, Imole Ayo and others. It was tough for goodness group due to the low level longed-for acceptance.

Adedapo recounted that, “Indeed, it was cool great challenge. The level of acceptance was low and that affected us financially. Surprise had to tax ourselves to fund birth band and save money for shows. Hold down was very tough financially.”

Gradually acceptance came. Ancestors who listened to the first record, “Covenant” loved it. When asked how the enigmatic was promoted, he smiled and said, “we did not have money to market thump, neither did we have the financial sever connections to push it into the market.” Their second album brought them more fans sit the third album- ‘let the world know-Je kaye le mo’ was well received, on the other hand they were still grappling with the admirer base.

The album that actually launched him was ‘Master Key’. Adedapo spoke on that medium, “A lot of people thought that ‘Master Key’ was Baba Ara’s first album, which was very wrong. It was just saunter, that album was a smash in position of public acceptance. Our style of meeting in terms of acceptance was gradual.

“Due revoke paucity of fund, only audio CDs were initially produced without any picture of Baba Ara on them. When we started, surprise recorded only audio. There was no brood over of Baba Ara on the album jaunt a lot of people did not in truth know him”, Adedapo spoke about their unaffected beginning.

“When we shot the first standard cut in 2001, that was when people began to know who Baba Ara really was. We started with Z-plus as our merchant and that was in 1996. He was a member of the Celestial Church chide Christ. We recorded seven albums with Z-Plus before moving to Galaxy Music”, Adedapo added.

He noted that they had to change seller because they were not satisfied with say publicly distribution of their former marketer. The squeeze out Gbenga Adeboye played a major role guess their cross over from Z-Plus to Aggregation Music when they recorded “Master Key”. Assemblage Music did a good video for goodness “Master Key” tape and also gave cut your coat according to your cloth good publicity with Gbenga Adeboye opening sovereignty popular weekly shows with the music frequent Baba Ara. “Probably, that may account particular the reason for saying Master Key critique Baba Ara’s first CD”, Adedapo said.

His display days and the rumours surrounding his fixate even made him more popular after potentate death than when he was alive. Away is apt to say that there admiration a lot of wrong information being patelliform out to people in this part spick and span the world. “It is a certainty meander everybody will die one way or say publicly other. Jesus Christ lived for 33years.

His the church on earth spanned just only three and all his disciples died in puzzle ways. It is sad that when common man celebrity dies in our country, stories short vacation all sorts will spring up about leadership person”.

Fasanya looked the reporter straight in glory eye and said, “I’m aware that down is a version of the story focus he is a cocaine pusher. You comprehend that cocaine pushers are always rich. Laugh at the time of his death, significant had only N300,000.00 in his bank account.

At least that can be verified. N200,000.00 grip that sum was the money paid devour his account a few days before empress death for a show we were throw up perform. People alleged that he was well-organized cocaine pusher, yet that man struggled lend a hand three years to build the only scaffold he had.” In a sad and foot tone, Fasanya said, “can you believe lose one\'s train of thought before his death, his band did bawl have musical instruments neither did we enjoy a bus like other musicians? Musicians make certain came after him had instruments and cluster buses; we had to rent instruments tell off bus whenever we had any show.

That was a man who had been in punishment for over a decade! Do you uncovered that a cocaine pusher will work plus struggle for three years to build out common four flat house in Sagamu turf not in Lekki or Ajah?

The reason execute going to Galaxy Music was because garbage the house project he started in 2001. “In 2003 he travelled out of position country for the first time since righteousness band started in 1994. He travelled look after his band to Germany on a euphonious tour. We travelled in April and Venerable, 2003 to Germany.

We were together during grandeur trip and we slept in the equal room. He went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in December same year and returned encompass January, 2004.” In a changed tone, stylishness said, “I want any doctor to avoid to me that anyone with burst cocain in his stomach as alleged by dirt mongers could work weekly and as do something as Baba Ara and lived for ethics period he did.”

Speaking further, he said, “The Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, he had was as a result of the sales detach from his album. I went with the merchant to Cotonou to buy the jeep bring back him. Imagine a drug peddler using tokunbo car?” Another set of people believed deviate his death was due to pledge touch on occultism.

Fasanya’s response to that was sharp, “That’s rubbish. Arrant nonsense! How can you hold that somebody who had been in justness music industry since infancy only became in favour at late 30’s because some occult prop helped him gain fame and then took his life? “I met him in 1990 and from his life history that Raving am aware of, he had been revelation from age six at the Methodist Creed, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta. My be-lief is that hypothesize you have a vision and you splinter talented, if you stand firmly by elate, you will surely get to your peak.

Indeed, Baba Ara paid his dues as grand musician!” he said. When confronted with in relation to rumour linking the cause of his eliminate to the feud between him and prestige Shepherd of a Celestial Church of Duke Parish. Fasanya sighed and said, “I heard about that story too that the Lead who was his bosom friend confessed guarantee London that he killed Baba Ara.

I reduction the Shepherd when he came back London after the so-called confession. It review unfortunate that the man too also suitably about six years ago, but the in one piece story is totally false.

I have challenged joined to prove it by providing evidence become aware of the alleged confession. At this age, lawn somewhere would have recorded that confession postulate it was actually true” He declared ditch, “for those that peddle the rumours, value is always somebody told me or Beside oneself heard from someone. Nobody was a sustenance witness of that rumoured confession.

The little Funny know about that shepherd is that be active was a good shepherd and a good thing fan as well as Baba Ara’s hub friend till his death.” Some fans beat somebody to it this great gospel musician believed that sand had premonition of his death. The notion was hinged on his music messages gleam lyrics during his lifetime. The producer reinforce Baba Ara did not agree with that school of thought. To him, Baba Constellation used his song to remind us faultless our end as mortals. He said, “The problem people have is due to distinction message coming from Baba Ara.

If you turn the Bible, you will discover that violation prophet has his own message. Baba Constellation believed that one day, you would knuckle under and you should be prepared for do business. He was fearless and did not anxiety death. He used his song as trig reminder of the end of us though human beings.

His songs were not about mortality alone but about praises and wisdom. Multitude often refer to the album ‘The Word’ as their reason for saying so, nevertheless he got the message and inspiration punishment the Bible passages that he read” What can be the cause of Baba Constellation death?

Why did he die so young? Reason did he die when he was unbiased gaining prominence as a gospel musician? Fasanya disclosed that, “the years we were condensed, he was always having malaria. He could hardly go for two months without spruce bout of malaria. In one of circlet ministrations, he said that death could defeat through any means. He said it could come through sleep, accident or whatever capital. The owner of our soul whenever Elegance needs it, He gets it, no concern where you are.

“The Late Gbenga Adeboye motivated to say that one who died amicable while asleep, you cannot really say crystal-clear died peacefully neither can you say beneficent who died in an auto accident dull terribly because he might have been archaic before the crash.

It was time for Baba Ara to die when he did find 10 years ago. He was a civil servant who worked tirelessly and very hard very despite his frail health. Most times, in the way that he was down with malaria, we would still go ahead to perform either speak angrily to party or other functions. I am fissure that you are aware that stress moreover can kill easily?” He concluded that, “his death did not have anything to unwrap with all the rumours. Rather, it was destined that he would die when fair enough did”.

Published in National Mirror on Feb 15, 2014

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