If anybody is expecting veteran
artiste, Ebenezer Obey, to retire from
music, that may not happen as the
legend has said such action could lead
to his death .
He said , “ I must tell you something. If
I retire from music, I would die
quickly. That is what I feel. I have
been diabetic since I was 30 years old .
It took the power and ministry of God
to keep me alive . It has affected my
eyes but I am not blind . As it is , I
would say it is the miracle of God.
Playing music is a tonic for me . At 75 ,
all I want is whatever pleases God.”
Some people his age may still have
gone ahead to remarry moreso as he
lost his wife some years ago . But the
singer turned evangelist told Saturday
Beats that he still misses his wife and
doubts if he would ever re - marry .
“ I met my wife when I was a
struggling musician and her parents
told her not to marry me. They
warned her not to marry a musician
but she told them that she was going to
marry me . I met her in her elder
brother’s place because he was my
friend . When I met her , we greeted
and that was how we started.
“ When you are a musician and the
ladies tell you that you are handsome,
you are in trouble . They used to tell
me that when I was much younger .
That was a big problem. We thank God
I was able to overcome that . Women
are part of music and I had my own
fair share of that but God helped me to
put it under control because He knew
He was taking me somewhere. I want
my life to be read . I am not hiding
anything . Then , I did not drink neither
did I smoke because my mother had
warned me against that and it was
believed that every musician engaged
in such but I had my fair share of
women,” he said .
And talking about his 75 th birthday
coming up in April, Obey said that as
part of his birthday celebration , he is
going to give back to his community ,
Idogo , Ogun State that made him who
he is today .
“ I would kickstart my 75 th birthday
celebration at Idogo , where I built a
police post to give back to the society
that made me who I am today . It
would be inaugurate. Also, the Idogo
Area Progressive Union where I am a
pioneer member is making the king
and me the chief patrons of the club
due to my contribution to the
community. On April 3 , at Abeokuta ,
there will be a church service in the
morning at the Olusegun Obasanjo
Event Centre. The former president
actually paid for the hall . On that day,
I also intend to launch the Ebenezer
Obey Music Foundation . The aim of the
foundation is to train youngsters in
music and it would be affiliated to the
Olabisi Onabanjo University . I also
want to have endowments in different
universities so that I can give
scholarships to students . Also my
friends are planning something in
Lagos before the year runs out, ” he
said .
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