Fusengbuwa Ruling House rejects KWAM 1’s move to be next Awujale

By Chinelo Obogo

The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has rejected the lineage claim of Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, also known as KWAM 1, declaring the form he submitted for the Awujale selection to be of no consequence.

In a letter jointly signed by Lateef Owoyemi (Chairman), Bola Salami (General Secretary), Adedokun Ajidagba (Deputy Chairman), Akinola Odedina (Head of Jadiara Royal House), Prof. Fassy Yusuf (Vice-Chairman), Adebisi Quadri (Co-Head Jadiara Royal House) and the family head, Abdulateef Owoyemi, titled; “Submission of Completed Fusengbuwa Ruling House Members’ Particulars and Linkage Form,” and addressed to KWAM 1, the ruling house said that it received his completed form dated 10 December 2025 and signed by him. The house said, however, that the form was certified by a purported family unit head called Omoba Adetayo Abayomi Oduneye Eruobodo on 8 December 2025, two days before the musician signed it.

The letter read: “The form was not signed by the authorised representative (Family Head) of your purported family unit. Omoba Adetayo Abayomi Oduneye Eruobodo is not a registered member of the Jadiara Royal House and therefore has no locus standi to sign any linkage form on behalf of the family.

“Our extensive investigation has not revealed any proof of your membership of the Jadiara Royal House or indeed that of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House. Consequently, the completed linkage lineage form is hereby declared null, void, and of no consequence. For the avoidance of doubt, your claim to the membership of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House is rejected and the completed form is of no consequence.”