Danfo Drivers' member, Mad melon, is dead - RIP
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Danfo Drivers' member, Mad melon, is dead - RIP

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Nigeria has lost one of his veteran music artists, Oghenemaro Henry Azubuike Emeofa, known better by his stage name Mad Melon.

He was part of the duo that released the hit song Danfo Drivers.

The sad news was confirmed on Instagram by another veteran musician, Daddy Showkey, who sounded heartbroken.

Can somebody tell me that is not true that we just lost Mad Melon DANFO Driver pls,” writes as a caption of the video he posted on Instagram.

In the video, a visibly upset Daddy Showkey says:

What kind of sad news is this? “What kind of sad news is this?

Oh my God, we just lost somebody. I just heard about it now. I’m not happy at all, I’m not happy.

When dem go dey tell people make dem dey hear, make dem dey hear,” he says shaking his head sadly.

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Mad Melon died from an undisclosed illness on Wednesday night at a hospital in Ajegunle Lagos. In 2003, Mad melon and his partner Mountain Black released their popular song titled Danfo Drivers.

A statement from his management team called him “a mighty Iroko and a true legend.”

 

A second video shared by Daddy Showkey showed the massive support of people who came out to accompany his body to the mortuary.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B24o1sqg6u1/

RIP Omeofa Oghene

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