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1. Ebenezer Olasupo Remilekun Aremu Fabiyi was born 80 years ago at the World famous Mercy Street Hospital, Lagos Island to his Owu-egba parents. He was a child born after two decades of barrenness, hence his name Remilekun. In a 2017 interview, he revealed that for about 20 years, his mother, Abigail Oyindamola, and her first husband could not have a perfect marriage due to their inability to conceive, which led to a strained relationship between the duo and eventually resulted in their divorce. After the divorce, Ebenezer Obey’s mum moved to Idogo, in Abeokuta, in the present-day Ogun State, where she married Mr. Fabiyi, a carpenter and cocoa trader who already had two wives in Lagos. The new marriage was soon blessed with a daughter (his late sister), and later chief Commander, Ebenezer Obey was born.
2. He moved to Lagos and was under the tutelage of the Fatai Rolling Dollars of ‘Won kere si number wa fame and his Federal Rhythm Brothers. He formed his band, International Brothers in 1964. The name of the band moved on from that to inter reformers band.
3. His mercurial hit, ‘Board members, and the flip ‘Edumare soro mi dayo, were so successful that it remained his signature tune for decades. It was also the only album he mentioned the names of his el
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