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Veteran Nigerian Juju Singer Peter Akanni Confirmed Dead

According to sources, Pick Peters died yesterday after a brief Illness..

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Veteran juju musician, Peter Akanni Akorede, popularly known as Emperor Pick Peter of the “Omode de” fame is dead.

According to sources, Pick Peters died yesterday after a brief Illness. He was aged 74.

VerseNews reports that the musician’s death was confirmed by Prince Tayo Adeolokun, chairman, TASMAN Equipment, a top musical equipment hiring company in Nigeria.

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Emperor Pick Peters’ name would ring a bell in the ears of juju music lovers of old. Way back in the ‘70s, Pick Peters made waves when he engaged in a rift with top juju musician, King Sunny Ade.

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