Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Biography, Age, Net worth, Death

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Biography

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Biography – Risikat Ajoke Adegeye is a Nigerian politician who is well known to be the wife of King Sunny Ade – Top Nigerian Fuji musician.

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye was born on August 28, 1959 in Nigeria. She hails from Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area in Lagos state.

Name	Risikat Ajoke Adegeye
Date of Birth	August 28, 1959
Age	62 years (2021)
Net worth	$10 million
Profession/Occupation	Politician
Gender	Female
Husband	King Sunny Ade
Religion	Christian
State of Origin	Lagos state
Date of Death	September 21, 2021

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Career

Hon Risikat Ajoke Adegeye was a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly’s 6th Assembly.

She was also a former chairmanship candidate in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Husband – King Sunny Ade

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Husband – Risikat Ajoke Adegeye Husband is King Sunny Ade. They met in 1982 when she was just 23 years of age. Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born September 22, 1946) is a Nigerian jùju singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as King Sunny Adé. He has been dubbed one of the most influential musicians of all time and is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to achieve international fame.

In 1967, Sunny Adé founded his own backup band, which became known as the African Beats. Sunny Adé signed to Island Records in 1982 after achieving national success in Nigeria during the 1970s and founding his own independent label. With the albums Juju Music (1982) and Synchro System (1983), he achieved international success; the latter earned him a Grammy nomination, a first for a Nigerian artist. His album Odu, released in 1998, was also nominated for a Grammy. Sunny Adé is the current chairperson of the Nigerian Musical Copyright Society.