At the event, which was the retirement and birthday ceremony
of her husband, Rasheed Adahunse, who was the Comptroller and Commandant of the
Customs Training College, Salawa paid glowing tributes to him. She had said, “I
don’t have many words to utter other than to thank God. I will just say a bit
about my dearest husband.
“You have retired but not tired, as God joined us together
as husband and wife four years ago. I pray you will live long and have
abundance.
“You saw me as a musician and I saw you then as a complete
‘English’ man, but love conquered all. I have not chosen wrongly.”
The news caught many unawares as they did not know she had
given marriage another shot.
However, in a brief interview with Saturday Beats, she
stated that she did not keep the marriage a secret. She said, “The event was my
husband’s retirement and birthday ceremony.
“Who did I keep it (news of the marriage) away from? The
people who knew, knew. I have confirmed to you that I am married, and that’s
what is important.”
In 2020, a young man had blackmailed her with her ‘nude
pictures’, asking her to pay him some money, in exchange for not making the
pictures public. She eventually called the blackmailer’s bluff and released the
pictures herself.
The blackmailer, who turned out to be a 19-year-old
graduate, Olufowoke Emmanuel, was later arrested by the police.
Salawa began her career in waka music in 1976 with the
release of the album, ‘Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed’.
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