Fast rising and quintessential singer, Seun Bankole famously known as SBLive, is one whose enchanting personality and audacious musical influence cannot be overlooked. He has crisscrossed the gamut of Nigerian contemporary genres.
As an embodiment of musical dexterity and skill, raw energy and passion for music, SBLive has built for himself over the years a network of loyal fans, friends and acquaintances that cut across the high and mighty including but not limited to captains of industries, monarchs, politicians and power brokers, top professionals, socialites and celebrities. When the news of the demise of his father, Pastor Timothy Oladipupo Bankole, who led a quiet but fulfilled life broke in August and the burial was announced for November, many already knew it was going to be a grand transition for the music star’s beloved dad. And indeed, the deceased’s children —SBLive and his siblings— made it an unforgettable celebration of life as the three-day final funeral rites started with a Service of Songs/Praise Night on Wednesday 2 November at the RCCG Lagos Provincial 38 Headquarters in Egbeda, Lagos. There was a wake and a lying in state at the deceased’s Akowonjo, Lagos residence on Thursday 3 November. The multi-pronged burial rite was wrapped off with the internment and climaxed with a grand party on Friday 4 November. As expected, it was a gathering of people of high networth who came to join the Bankoles at the massive Iceland Events Centre inside Gowon Estate in Egbeda, Lagos with Mega 99 on the bandstand.