King Sunny Ade’s response to accusations and allegations of abandonment of Band members. 

For KSA to calmly grant this interview without losing his cool, shows he is truly a king

They left him; they forgot it is his star they are using! Now they want his help! Awon odaale eda!

Thank you so much KSA for not allowing people to sin by talking and clarifying issues. You are such a lovely person and you are so blessed Baba KSA. Try and bless your old friends for you are called blessed among men. Kudos KSA. May your generations be champions IJMN

KSA IS RIGHT.... Saving is important invest save stop buying liabilities buy assets and saving

I just love this man. He is Primus Inter Pares!

I am highly impressed with this interview. Just listened to baba commander side of Segun awẹ saga. God bless you agbaletu for this release

The great God Will continue to bless and promote king Sunny Are U are a complete man of God and a very humble man U will live long to fulfil more destiny In Jesus Name Amen

I love this interviewer, you're very intelligent. Nice job Bro.

It's so funny that some members that left the band even the ones that formed their bands still blaming Him. If you left a company or you got sacked. And you are still expecting the company or the company's owner to be taking care of you after many years.

This is a man i love so much who likes other upcoming artistes to progress. May he live long in Jesus name.

The interviewer and the interviewee are both knowledgeable Despite the fact that KSA was not privy to what the interview was all about his responses shows he has nothing on his cupboard hidden he was so spot on And Kudos Me Dele for the way you handled someone old enough to be your father leaving no stone unturn to get the few facts from the king You are going places bro I love you so much Long live the King of world beat Love you grand pa

I love KSA RIGHT FROM MY CHILDHOOD. Lesson to learn among others is that, you should lean how to save for your old age, mismanagement of resources is a big disease.

KSA is very lenient and mature in expressions. I love him

His saying the truth because I grow up in Osogbo he has a senior brother from same mother his brother name is uncle Akin he was a motorcycle mechanic I know Sunday Ariyo a native of ijebujesha

I have loved KSA since when I was a little boy listening to his songs in my father’s seating room…and I remembered when he came to Benin city for S.D.P (Abiola’s campaign rally). I wish him long life and more prosperity

Transparency is key to every commercial relationship. Big lesson for young entrepreneurs.

God bless our papa in music industry in Nigeria. This attitude has taught me a lot on this job

EJIRE OYELA NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW

I have a new found respect for KSA! He really handled this with great emotional intelligence; he answered the questions calmly and very frankly. And to say this was in 2011! For an entertainer of his generation, he showed himself to be focused, principled and disciplined. Very few of the entertainers of his times, and even of today, possess such qualities.

King sunny Ade I love you so much you are a big star

People should learn to take responsibility for their error in life & not blame it on someone else. D King ex members should look for him is they need help & stop running him down. King Sunny is not oblige to render help but he can if he wants. I don't understand why people love running down others

KSA is just a great Icon 👍

This interview session with KSA was recorded in 2011 but I can assure you it is a timeless interview, and it, to a very great extent, vindicates KSA on the recent surge of accusations of cheating and neglect from his former friends/band members. Leadership is a very serious business and I think KSA did his best , though his best might not be enough in the estimation of the aggrieved former members. The humility, friendliness and the act of comradeship displayed by KSA in this interview is topnotch and he spoke well about his old friends. That said, though the effluxion of time might have changed the narrative of this topic between KSA and the aggrieved former members and that is the reason I will want to plead with Otunba Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (MFR) to send an open invitation to these guys for a get together and reconciliation dinner. All of them are over 70s now, so they all should do the needful now. The aggrieved former band members should also eat the humble pie. I beg all of them in the name of whatever they worship. Like the popular old French song by Dougie MacLean titled " Auld Lang Syne" goes: " Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne....."

King Sunny Ade owes them no obligations except occasional gift propelled by nostalgia. No place on planet earth a band leader is obligated to pay retirement to his members. The way we think in black world is always entails perversity. They forced KSA to pay them the way they were paid; KSA’s intention was to have a retirement system for them but they refused it vehemently.

This man is so cool and humble, even after he left his band boys still want to know where' they are and their conditions.

Iba fun King Sunday Anthony Ishola Adeniyi-Adegeye.....Let Baba just try his best for them.When someone is working let there always be left over for future purpose.....

Baba sunny with unique voice 👌

God bless you the more KSA

He bought 6million naira equipment and can’t sing pass sunny ade. That means that person has no talent. Return the equipment and get your money back.

God bless KSA more for being humble to shed light on the controversy. Saving for the future is important. It appears the 1st generation of band boys didn’t realise that. The current generation have learnt and now have FUTURE POT. The alternative is to employ them, pay salaries & have holidays & pension schemes.

Very good job, Agbaledu. I will appreciate if you bring chief commander Ebenezer obey for this same interview regarding to all his band boys that were not happy with him.

KSA is so humble

This interview is a real lesson for all... thank you so much for chairing

KSA is very calm oooo! Wow! Can't believe this man is this transparent! At his age, very humble, with a sound English, answered all questions (some even nasty questions). They already left the band so he can't promise them. No one in his caliber does this kind of transparency & leave the money made with the band members, even said they're the same rank under KSA. Let's be honest! Blessings & long live KSA!

Long life king sunny Ade

A unique humankind's. Love you more sir.

I have a new heightened respect for Sunny Ade as a person.

"Eni olorun da le jo to lohun o gba to fi a pa ja nu, ka wo ibi to ma gbe jo lo"...

I Love KSA always and forever.

God knows best. Thank you

This is an intensive interview with the King Suny Ade I ever heard. Thanks for bringing the plight of his XY members of his band to his notice.

Love you more Baba Wa KSA

I love this Interviewer 😀😅😍! Unlike some others, he knows his onions ASF👏👏👏!

If you leave a band voluntarily and you got paid, then Sunny Ade does not owe you anything. If I were KSA I will not give them a Penny. Lots of Nigerians including family members have an entitlement mentality.

Aisi Owo lowo Baba ijaya...

From all these submissions then KSA holds no obligation to them. They agreed to share the band profits. But they did not invest like KSA.

KSA SAID THE TRUTH BECAUSE ONE OF HIS BAND MEMBER SAID HE DOESN'T TAKE ANY THING

I met with king sunny Ade in 2004 with my dad at jibowu office.We got to his office at 12 pm and we left by 6pm.with a lot of discussions with my dad at jibowu office.What I saw with people in this life was that.People should follow his destiny according to what happened to him or her.No one can help others than God.My daddy is late now chief Tajudeen olarenwaju Fadeyi beginning members of green sport band of king sunny Ade Foundation members.But what I espected from him when we met him with my dad was not what I espected.So help me God

This man Call King Sunny Ade. His is real Mature Man. I really Cherish his Maturity.

The guys complaining spent their youth flexing, KSA spent his investing in the future. He invested in his kids and family and they are doing super well.

Being a leader is not just about gathering people together, God is the one choosing a leader.

The problem with the band boys is that they don't save money. Even if they're paid as civil servants as claimed by one Sikiru of Ebenezer Obey band, does that justify their reckless lifestyle. They have forgotten that it is under the glory of their leaders they are eating from. Ika ni awon eniyan.

This is a life coach leader.....whaooo

Baba Sala taught KSA how to play the guitar. This is an established fact.

KSA IS GREAT

Candidly speaking, you don't have to drive them away as a result of saying they are old. You started together as band members, Those international musicians like Steve Wonder and some others don't do away with their old members. Our Own

L❤️💙💚💛💞💜🧡💖💝ve you sir.

He sounds genuine

I took a picture with him at ike’s restaurant in Atlanta Georgia back in 2016 when he came there to play.A very quiet ,simple and gentle man I was expecting to him in an exotic vehicle but to my surprise he left on a tourist bus

Agbaletu e ku ise opolo o.

Honestly u are doing well my brother

THE KING HIMSELF

Fantastic interview 👏

Pple are so wicked! They tarnished his image bcos he wasn't there , if not for king sunny ade how would they have travelled all over the countries? Apart from them for Jaco to have been able to save up to that amount to buy that instrument at least it shows he achieved behind him but they mismanaged

KSA is a great leader, that all I can say. It is so unfortunate how members of the group misbehaved all because of money. It is not easy to deal with human being, may God continue to take the King to greater heights

Hmmm, Olorun a rejo da o, e saje ka serere

He's responsible. This is the reason you always seen their bands with younger kids who knows no better! They get paid until they retire without any pension. Tthe problem with banding in Nigeria is the band members have zero money once they stop performing. They don't own any publishing rights, nor a cut of the proceed of the albums. This is not unique to Sunny Ade, it is just a wrong model. If you beat a drum in mega music, you should be entitled to the proceed of the sales forever, just like the lead musician. That small sale may be the equivalent of your pension till death. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

i felt like the interview should not end, long life ksa baba

Can you be doing every interview with English please 🙏, or be translating please 🙏

Our people are too self entitled.

I learnt a lot from this interview about human relationships.

I'm sure those band boys made a lot of money while with KSA, but they didn't make good plans for themselves

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It is a shame there are no sub tittles for the none Yoruba speaking fans. 😑😑

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old interview of 2011.......

You people talking wrongly about k1 because mr ayankunle just hearing the truth.

Whats the starting song title

To think that KSA granted this interview after a hard night's job and was still composed shows his level of emotional and adversity intelligence. KSA outside the stage is an extremely quiet and shy man.

im a great fan of sunny Ade, but I'm really disappointed in the way none of his past band members didn't say anything good about him

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It is a big liar

Iro tipoju fun King nii problem won.. He knows by him self.. Hmmm mm. Kolorun dariji ee my King

Agbaletu e ku ise o.