The aspirations of popular Fuji musician Otunba Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM1, to become the next Awujale of Ijebu-Ode and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland may have been stalled as the Jadiara Royal Family has officially denied any genealogical connection with him.
In a statement issued in Ijebu Ode on December 7, 2025, and signed by the head of the family, Olori-Ebi Jadiara Royal House, Otunba Prince Akinola Odedina, the family expressly dissociated the Jadiara Royal House a unit of the Fusengbuwa Ruling Family tasked with producing the next Awujale, from any “archaeological, known documented records or oral history” linking the Fuji musician to the royal lineage.
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Copies of the statement were forwarded to the Ogun State government through the Commissioner in the Ministry of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Executive Chairman and Secretary of Ijebu-Ode Local Government, and the Chairman of the Awujale Interregnum Administration Council.
The statement specifically urged the chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling Family to “abstain from any dealings with KWAM1 on the consideration of any genealogical eligibility to the Awujale throne, or any other family linkage with the Fusengbuwa Ruling House.”
Odedina, in the statement titled “Otunba Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose (MON)”, explained that it was necessary to clarify KWAM1’s genealogical status due to the significant public interest surrounding the matter.
“The Chairman of Fusengbuwa Ruling House may have rightly given him a nomination form to complete, expecting him to get his root to Jadiara Royal House authenticated. I can say categorically that Wasiu has no genealogical linkage with the Jadiara Royal House. We in Jadiara Royal House have waited for him to show up with his form and whatever documents he may have to prove his linkage to Jadiara Royal House. He is yet to show up,” Odedina stated.
He further assured that the family would continue to keep both the public and the royal household informed as developments unfold.
