Renowned musician, arts expert and administrator, Sir Victor Uwaifo, is dead.
Uwaifor, a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Edo State, died on Saturday, reportedly after a brief illness
He was aged 80.
The ‘Guitar Boy’, as he was fondly called, celebrated his 80th birthday, last March.
Uwaifo was the first professional musician to be awarded with the national merit honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) by the federal goverment.