After veteran highlife musician Mike Ejeagha passed away, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, thanked well-known Nigerian skit creator Brain Jotter.
It was recalled that in 2024, Mike Ejeagha went big on the internet because Brian Jotter used his song to launch a dance competition. This development made a lot of people happy.
“It is heartwarming to note that thanks to Brain Jotter, highlife maestro Mike Ejeagha had his ‘Gwo gwo gwo ngwo’ encore dance before the curtain was drawn,” Atiku wrote in a post via 𝕏 on Saturday in response to the death. Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, may you rest in peace.
After a protracted fight with prostate cancer, a respected Igbo music star passed away on Friday night at the 32 Garrison Hospital in Enugu.
In a Saturday phone interview with Vanguard, his oldest son, Emma Ejeagha, confirmed his death.
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“Papa passed away on Friday at precisely 8 p.m., and his remains have been placed in the mortuary. His last minutes were spent with me. Emma stated, “I will meet with my family in the morning to share the news with them.”
He went on to say that Ejeagha had long been preparing the family for this time and had given them instructions not to embalm his body or keep it in the morgue for too long.
Emma described his father as “a genius and a peace-loving man.” The highlife icon had been battling prostate cancer since 2006 and had been hospitalized several times during that time.
Two weeks ago, his condition deteriorated, and while he was temporarily stabilized and released from the hospital, he was taken back to the hospital last Tuesday, when he passed away.
