Biography Intro:  Sonny Okosun was a musician from Nigeria and was best known as the leader of the Ozzidi band. He named his band Ozzidi after a renowned Ijaw river god, but to Okosun the meaning was “there is a message“. His surname is sometimes spelled Okosuns and his first name Sunny. He was one of the leading Nigerian musicians from the late 1970s to mid-1980s.

NAME: Sonny Okosun

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 January 1947

PLACE OF BIRTH: Irrua in Edo State, Nigeria

OCCUPATION: Singer