Late MKO Abiola's Daughter, Waliyah Abiola Delves Into Music, Says I Dont Want To Trade On My Father's Name.

One of MKO Abiola's daughters, Waliyah Abiola has
delved into music. Waliyah said she hates to tell
people she is an Abiola, so people won't think
she's trying to use her father's name to step up her
career. She said she has been doing her music
without the name, and she is comfortable with it.

She also said, her father loved music and would
have supported her if he was still alive. Here is
what she told Punch. Pretty girl!

Were your father to be alive, would he have
supported this?

I think my father, the late MKO Abiola, would have
supported me and would have been quite tickled
by the whole thing. He loved proverbs and music;
therefore, what I am doing is not strange. He loved
to sing and was in a band. He often sang at
weddings and as a school boy in Abeokuta. I have fond memories of him singing, "The Beatles" songs
in the kitchen. This must have been a relic from the
time when he was studying to become an
accountant in Scotland. I am not relying on my
family name to gain acceptance. Many people have
known me on the music circuit for a year now and don't even know my family background. It is
something I never bring up and this is the first time
I'm discussing it in an interview. I am proud of
whom I am but as I don't want to trade on it, I
simply never mention it. I'm not very comfortable
discussing it, even now.