PHOTOS: Iconic Nigerian musician, Victor Olaiya, buried

The late Nigerian highlife music legend, Victor Olaiya, has been buried in Lagos.

It was a private ceremony that was attended by selected family members and very few friends of the late music legend.

The late Olaiya was laid in state briefly in a hall for guests to pay their last respect before his internment in a brown shiny casket. The guests wore face masks and also observed social distancing in line with Lagos State Government rules on curbing the spread of COVID-19.The burial was also devoid of fanfare synonymous with the burial of music greats that had passed on in Nigeria.

It was a solemn ceremony that saw family members in attendance pay their last respect during the lying in state proceedings. The pallbearers donned a uniformed outfit of black colour with a red rope on their neck. They had an inscription of Victor Olaiya on their clothing.He was 89.

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