Nigerian gospel singer, Ajayi Aduke Morounkola, popularly known as Aduke Gold, is dead.
The news of her demise was announced by her colleague, Esther Igbekele, on Tuesday morning, via her Facebook page.
She wrote, “A general has fallen. ADUKE GOLD #rip”
The cause of death has not been confirmed.
It was gathered that the gospel singer died on Monday, August 12 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Aduke grew up in Ogba and Badagry areas of Lagos and was the 11th child of her late parents.
Aduke Gold, who started music professionally in 2004, rose to fame with her live performance at the first remembrance of the late gospel artiste, Baba Ara.
One of her famous tracks, “Nitori Ogo” which she released in 2021 also brought her into the limelight.
In a post on her Instagram page in 2020, Aduke Gold shared her grass–to-grace story just to prove that she didn’t let her troubled past stop her from reaching her goals.
She said “I have once upon a time hawked slippers, yam, fried fish. I remember when we used to pack the heads of fish at frozen foods store; (we would) lie to them that we wanted to cook it for our dog. Maybe that’s why I love bones; I know how to make Abacha stove with sawdust.
“I can cook with firewood very well, when there was no money for kerosene. I can explain that kind of abuse which is trending now very well, even as a small child I have been there. Yes, I said yes, it still triggers, the journey of music is a very adventurous one, from one slave master to a heart breaker.”
She had her first degree in History and International Relations from Lagos State University, on a scholarship programme sponsored by Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, the then Commissioner for Youths and Sports in Lagos state.
Aduke Gold also has a higher degree in Child Psychology, with a Diploma in Montessori method of education from the United Kingdom.
She has other diploma’s in Special Education, Aquaculture, Cake making, Cookery and Decoration, Music rudiment, business, and piano respectively. She’s also gifted in dealing with children with special needs like autism, cerebral palsy and dyslexia.
