The “Joromi” crooner, nightlife icon and multi instrumentalist, Sir Victor Uwaifo, is dead.
He died at the age of 80 and details of his death were still unknown, as at the time of filing this report.
The death of the music legend whose song “Mammy Water” which was a hit for decades, was broken by one of his sons, Uwaifo Peter.
Peter de Rock Uwaifo while broken the news of the demise of his father, a professor of Visual Arts, University of Benin (UNIBEN), on his Facebook page, on Saturday evening, expressed
anguish a the passing of the music star.
“Daddy whyyyyyyyyyy did you leave us now. Prof (Sir Victor UWAIFO has gone to rest. Black Saturday for me nooow”, the young Uwaifo wrote with 34 sad emoji, arranged in pair of 17 lines.
“One week now after collaborating with me”, the distraught Peter added.
The legendary musicologist served as Commissioner for Arts and Culture under the governorship of Chief Lucky Igbinedion.
A first class graduate of Visual Arts, UNIBEN, his undergraduate project of a king on a horse, is a signature arts poster at the Ekenwan Campus of the university.
Sir Victor Uwaifo played the guitar effortlessly and display highly ambulant kinetic dancing steps while performing on stage