Kollington Ayinla Says Reasons Why He Didn't Attend Salawa Abeni's Mother Burial.

So many people had thought the death of Salawa Abeni’s mother would bring her and her husband, Ayinla Kollington, together again.

But that was not really to be as the veteran fuji icon shunned Abeni’s mother’s burial.

But in a chat with Saturday Beats on why he shunned the burial ceremony, Kollington explained he was at his wife’s house earlier to console her when he was informed of the death of her mother but his presence at the burial was not compulsory.

He further stated that he and Salawa could not live in a house as husband and wife because they are both old and he has a new wife.

The fuji singer said, “When Salawa Abeni’s mother died, I went to her house to visit her and I played my role as a father to my children and as a husband to Salawa Abeni. I comforted her like any husband would do. It is true that I was not at the burial ceremony of her mother. It was not compulsory for me to be at the burial. As long as my children were there, it means I was also there. They represented me.

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“We are both old and our children are grown. She does not have to live with me before people recognise that she is still my wife. She does not need to come to my house to perform the role of a wife because I have a cook and another wife that lives with me.”

He told Saturday Beats that even though they could not live under the same roof as husband and wife, they could collaborate on a song.

Kollington also said that the reason he is yet to release his album is because of pirates.

“Salawa Abeni and I can collaborate on a song but there is nothing of such for now. I have not released an album yet because of pirates. Their activities are really affecting us a lot. They are not making it possible for us to reap the fruit of our labour. I would release my next album when I am sure that it would not be pirated. I doubt I would feature any hip-hop artiste on the album. I have been in the game for a long time and I doubt I would change my genre of music. I am too old to consider doing any other type of music apart from fuji,” he said.

Source: Punch Newspaper.