By BABAJIDE AWOYINFA

Late Singer, Lanre Fasasi, a.k.a Sound Sultan, had urged Nigerians to celebrate people while they were alive.

This was his last appeal on his Instagram before he died on Sunday of throat cancer

Sound Sultan said it was necessary to give accolades to people while they were alive instead of after death.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in a statement by his brother, Mr Kayode Fasasi, on behalf of the family, Sound Sultan died at the age of 44.

The statement added that the late singer and songwriter was survived by his wife, three children and his siblings.

The statement reads: “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Multi-talented veteran singer, rapper, songwriter, Onlanrewaju Fasasi a.k.a Sound Sultan.

“He passed away at the age of 44 following a hard-fought battle with “Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma”.

“He is survived by his wife, three children and his siblings. We, his family appreciate the utmost privacy as we come to grips with this tragic loss.”

Sound Sultan appeal was in tune with Patoranking’s latest single: “Celebrate Me”, which also called on people to give all necessary accolades whilst people were still alive and not after death.

Sound Sultan was born to Mr and Mrs Fasasi Liadi Alarape. He had five siblings, including Baba Dee, who is a graduate of Theatre Arts.

The entertainer was a graduate of Lagos State University, from where he obtained a degree in Geography and Regional Planning in 1999.

In 1999, Sound had won several local talent hunt shows, which helped him to release his debut single titled: “Jagbajantis” in the year 2000.

Following the success of the single, the singer went on to release other hit songs and also collaborated with some of his label mates.

Sultan was signed to the record label Kennis Music at the time until 2007 when his contract with Kennis expired.

The singer later started his own record label called, Naija Ninjas with his brother, Baba Dee.

The singer was friend to Haitian Rapper/Actor Nel Ust Wyclef Jean.

Sultan featured alongside Nigerian singers like Faze and 2face Idibia in Wyclef’s song “Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101”.

He also collaborated with Wyclef on two other songs titled: “People Bad” (2012) and “King of My Country” (2009). (NAN)

Yar’Adua’s daughter, Hauwa Suntai’s husband in legal battle over Abuja land

A daughter of former President Umar Musa Yar’Adua and the husband of the widow of former Taraba Governor, Hauwa Suntai, are engaged in a legal battle over a piece of land in the Kado district of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

PRNigeria gathered that Zainab Yar’Adua who was formerly married to a former Governor of Kebbi State, Saidu Dakingari is laying claim to ownership of plot 506, Cadastral Zone B09, Kado District, Abuja.

Through her company, Marumza Estate Development Company Limited, Zainab sued another Company, Itban Global Resources Limited, its founder, Halliru Saad Malami, FCT Minister and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) on the disputed land.

Haliru Saad Malami who is Turai Yar’Adua’s cousin is the husband to Hauwa Suntai, the widow of the late former governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai. Their marriage was consummated in a low-key ceremony in June 2019 when Hauwa was then in her 50s and Malami in his 30s.

Hauwa’s late husband was involved in a plane crash in October 2012 and died on June 28, 2017, in Houston, Florida, in the United States.

Through her counsel, Chief Sebastine Hon SAN, Zainab filed a motion on notice praying the Abuja high court to issue an injunctive order to stop the defendants in her suit from taking any further actions on the disputed land.

She claimed that the plot of land was donated to her through an Irrevocable Power of Attorney executed at the Federal Capital Development Authority FCDA by Itban Global Resources Limited through a purchase.

However, in a counter-affidavit by Mr Malami and his company filed by their counsel Dr Remi Peter Olatubora SAN, they alleged that Ms Yar’Adua, using one Sani Rabo and others as “fronts”, unlawfully procured documents about the disputed property in the name of the 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.

Itban alleged that one Sani Rabo who knew the history of the land conspired with the claimant to forge letters, power of attorney, resolutions, among others to fraudulently transfer ownership of the land to the claimant.

Claiming that the land was allocated to them on June 5, 2009, upon payment of all mandatory fees, the two defendants said the land was not developed because it was in the bush then.

In their affidavit, the two defendants described Ms Zainab’s Company as a sham having been allegedly registered in gross violation of Company And Allied Matters CAMA laws at the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC.

Specifically, they alleged that the two directors paraded to register the company on July 15, 2009, Umar Ibrahim Lange and Maryam Sa’idu were her biological children from her two former husbands who were 7 and one years respectively at the time they were used as directors to secure registration in breach of CAMA laws.

The two defendants pleaded with certified true copies of documents obtained from Corporate Affairs Commission CAC and FCDA to counter the claimant's claim and establish their ownership of the land.

Meanwhile, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi asked parties in the case to go into the substantive matters instead of seeking injunctive order.

Based on agreement by parties, the Judge ordered that the status quo be maintained pending resolving issues in dispute. He, therefore, ordered an accelerated hearing into the case and adjourned its definite hearing till October 12, 13 and 15, 2021. (PRNigeria)

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