Kollington Ayinla sells property to treat ‘spiritual illness’

Reports have it that veteran Fuji Musician Kolington Ayinla is battling a ‘strange illness’ and has put up some of his landed property for sale, in other to raise money to pay for treatment .

The ‘Ijo Yoyo’ singer in a recent interview with Encomium Weekly said, ‘It is a strange ailment, it’s spiritual. That’s the best way of describing it. But I thank God that I am still alive’.
Ayinla also blamed his poor health condition on the state of the Nigerian economy;

‘My health condition has been worsened by the poor economic situation of Nigeria, nothing is working. Everything is paralysed. I kept thinking to the extent that I wanted to sell my property. If the government had not turned everything upside down, people like me are not supposed to be suffering likes this’.

The news of Ayinla’s illness follows a growing trend of older Nigerian artistes and actors battling several medical conditions.

Ayinla is one of the most popular Fuji artistes who shot to fame in the late 80s and early 90s with several hit albums like ‘Kasabubu’, ‘Ijo Yoyo’ and ‘Kaya’.