Waka Queen, Salawa Abeni has opened up on why she was absent from the music scene for a long while.
Salawa in an interview disclosed she was paralysed and on sick bed for 6 years.
She explained that she became bedridden shortly after she lost one of her sons, Olanrewaju.
“I was ill for like five or six years. It started in 2008 and I didn’t recover until six years after. I was not performing on stage and other social events. Suddenly, I became terribly ill and couldn’t go out.
I could not think of work because I could not walk—I was paralysed. All I thought of then was getting back on my feet. I kept praying to Allah to help me catch up with the lost years.
She also spoke about how friends deserted her, expressing appreciation to God for restoring her back to health.
“To be out of work as an entertainer for six years is no joke. My band boys stood by me and they didn’t go! It’s not easy to hold down band boys for five/six years and think they would still work for you.”
“The illness started briefly and we all thought I would be fine in no time. Of course I had friends and initially I didn’t even think of calling out because I thought it would soon be over. But when it became unbearable and I started selling off my things—houses, cars, jewelleries etcetera. I started calling out to friends. It was a challenging time for me but thank GOD, I’m fully back and restored now.
