Zainab Olagunju, one of the wives of
late highlife musician, Fatai Rolling Dollars, says the veteran musician asked
for her forgiveness moments before he took his last breath. She told Saturday
Beats that the music legend did so because he knew he had offended her.
The widow bore two children for him,
Jamiu and Mojeed before his
death. They got married in 1999 and lived together
in Mushin before they eventually moved to Agege, both in Lagos State.
“On the day that he died, June 12, I
got to the hospital and saw them passing a drip into his body. The last thing
he told me was that he had offended me and my conscience. When I asked what he
meant by that, his voice faded out completely,” she said.
The widow stated that she was sure
he wanted to ask her to forgive him for marrying another wife after her. She
said that although she had suspected he was unfaithful, he denied it anytime
she confronted him.
Zainab said, “I feel he wanted to
confess to me that he had married another wife because he never told me about
it before his death. I used to ask him about it, but he always denied it. I
feel he wanted to tell me about Sherifatu Olagunju, his last wife.
“When I found out, I was not angry.
As a human being, if you hear that your husband is not faithful, you would be
pained. I used to see her with my husband but I did not know there was anything
between them. He always denied it but when we were burying him in Ikorodu and
Sherifatu saw how everything was, she calmed down and accepted me as her
senior. I also took her as my junior. Three days after the burial of my
husband, she came to live with me and we didn’t fight. We see ourselves more as
sisters.”
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