Awujale Race: Ruling House Disowns KWAM1, Says Musician Not Qualified
The Fusengbuwa ruling house of Ijebu Ode has disowned popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, saying he is not qualified to contest for the vacant Awujale stool.
The family also fixed December 15 for the nomination of contestants seeking to succeed the late Awujale, Oba Sikiru Adetona, whose 65-year reign ended with his death in July.
The family who said KWAM1 is not a member of Fusengbuwa, sais the nominees are to forwarded to the kingmakers, who have seven days to select the next monarch.
Spokesperson for the Fusengbuwa Nomination Committee, Abiodun Ogidan, told journalists during a briefing at Ile Nla on Thursday that the musician’s claim of belonging to the ruling house was false.
Ogidan said, “We just rose from the family meeting where all the Olori Ebi, the family heads of the Jadiara and Fusengbuwa families.
“And it has been confirmed by our family that from all that he (Wasiu Ayinde) has written in the family lineage data form given to him, that he is definitely not one of us in the Fusengbuwa ruling house.
“And let it be noted that Awujale nomination forms were not given to him; the Awujale form had closed by the time he began to claim that he’s from the Fusengbuwa family.
“How can someone who has never been part of our family meetings or supported the family in any way now suddenly wake up at the height of the glory of our family and begin to say what never happened?
“Wasiu Ayinde is only trying to rewrite history, but this is 2025; he can’t pull the wool over our eyes. He is not part of us, and people with fake lineage won’t be part of what we are doing here.”
A second family—the Oduneye family of Ijebu Ode—also rejected the musician’s claim, insisting he could not have come from the Jadiara royal house, which forms part of the Fusengbuwa ruling structure.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
