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KWAM 1 loses grip on Awujale stool
Popular fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, aka KWAM 1, has lost his grip on the Awujale of Ijebuland stool following his rejection by the Fusengbuwa ruling house, whose turn it is to produce the next king.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
The musician, in his letter of intent dated December 3 and the lineage data form he submitted, claimed to be from the Jadiara royal family, a unit of the Fusengbuwa ruling house.
The Jadiara royal family, however, disowned him, stating that he had no connection to them.
Also, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, tweeted a letter in which the Fusengbuwa rejected his claim to the ruling house.
The presidential aide, in the tweet, which attracted over 268 comments and 505 retweets, wrote, “Fusengbuwa Ruling House in Ijebu Ode, my home town, rejects Wasiu Anifowose a.k.a. KWAM 1’s claim to the Awujale throne.”
Ayinde is a known ally of President Bola Tinubu, and many had believed this would influence his ascension to the stool.
But Onanuga’s tweet appears to have foreclosed any presidential intervention.
The Fusengbuwa ruling house, in a letter dated December 11, 2025, and addressed to Ayinde, declared that he was not from the ruling house.
The letter was signed by the Chairman of the Fusengbuwa ruling house, Otunba Abdulateef Owoyemi; his Deputy, Otunba Adedokun Ajidagba; and the Vice Chairman, Prof Fassy Yusuf.
According to the ruling house, its investigation did not establish any proof that Ayinde belonged to the Jadiara royal house or the broader Fusengbuwa lineage.
The family also faulted the certification of Ayinde’s form, noting that it was endorsed by “a purported family unit head,” Adetayo Oduneye, whom the ruling house said was not a recognised member of the Jadiara royal house.
They also queried the timeline of certification, saying the form was endorsed on December 8, two days before Ayinde signed it on December 10.
It added that Oduneye lacked the authority to sign for the family because he had no “locus standi” to certify any lineage documents.
“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 Fusengbuwa Ruling House is rejected, and the completed form is of no consequence,” the ruling house wrote.
Similarly, the spokesperson for the Fusengbuwa Nomination Committee, Abiodun Ogidan, said Ayinde was not a member of the family.
Ogidan, while addressing journalists on Thursday in Abeokuta, said the family had fixed December 15, 2025, for the nomination of all contestants in the race to produce the next Awujale.
He explained that the names of nominated candidates would then be forwarded to the kingmakers, who had seven days to choose one and submit the name to the governor for approval.
Ogidan said, “We just rose from the family meeting where all the family heads of the Jadiara and Fusengbuwa families met and deliberated on the nomination for the throne of Awujale.
“It has been confirmed by our family that from all that he (Ayinde) has written in the lineage data form given to him, he is definitely not one of us in the Fusengbuwa ruling house.
“Let it be noted that Awujale nomination forms were not given to him; the form had closed by the time he began to claim that he’s from the Fusengbuwa family.”
He added, “How can someone who has never been part of our family meetings or supported the family in any way suddenly wake up at the height of our family’s glory 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.”
Similarly, the Chairman of the Jadiara ruling house, Otunba Akinola Odedina, whose family Ayinde claimed to belong to, debunked the musician’s connection to the royal family in a letter that has since gone viral.
Odedina said, “I can say categorically that Wasiu has no genealogical lineage to Jadiara Royal House. The Chairman of Fusengbuwa Ruling House may have rightly given him a nomination form to complete, expecting him to get his roots to Jadiara Royal House authenticated.
“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. He is yet to show up.”
The head of the Bubiade royal family, another unit under the Fusengbuwa ruling house, Alhaji O.B. Yusuf, also said neither Ayinde nor his father had any connection with the family.
He stated, “I want the general public to know that we don’t have any Anifowose from our family. The Bubiade Royal House has waited enough for him and is still expecting him to show up with his form and whatever document he may have to prove his lineage. Unfortunately, he has yet to show up.”
Yusuf added that rumours circulating that he endorsed Ayinde’s membership form were false.
Additionally, the family of the late Adebanjo Oduneye of Ijebu Ode also said the musician was never a family member and could not have come from the Jadiara royal house.
Speaking for the family, Adesumbo Oduneye said she visited the ruling house to clarify that the Oduneye family knew nothing about the Adetayo Oduneye who signed Ayinde’s data form.
She explained that although Adetayo was her half-brother, he had never been the family head and had no authority to sign documents on behalf of the Oduneye descendants of Jadiara.
Adesumbo said, “He is spreading falsehood because Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde is never a member of the Oduneye or Jadiara royal family. Wasiu Ayinde doesn’t by any means have anything to do with the Jadiara ruling house.”
Responding, Ayinde dismissed claims that he was ineligible for the throne, insisting that he hailed from both the Funsengbuwa and Fidipote ruling houses.
Ayinde, in his statement on Thursday, traced his lineage to the Adeberu branch of the Funsengbuwa ruling house and the Anifowose family of the Fidipote ruling house.
He insisted his royal heritage qualifies him to contest from either house.
Part of his statement read, “By blood, heritage, and traceable ancestry, I am a lawful descendant of both royal lines. These connections constitute my legitimate traditional basis to seek nomination from the Funsengbuwa and/or Fidipote ruling houses.”
Ayinde is currently the Olori-Omoba Akile Ijebu, head of all princes in Ijebuland, a chieftaincy title conferred on him by the late Awujale, Oba Sikiru Adetona, in 2023 as a member of the Fidipote ruling house.
A letter dated July 5, 2023, written by the late Awujale supporting the conferment of the title, affirmed this fact.
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The Oyo State Police Command has announced an operational success recorded following an intelligence-led operation.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Command intercepted a truck conveying materials suspected to be explosive devices during a stop-and-search operation in Saki, Oyo State. The truck and the suspected materials were promptly secured and are currently in police custody.
Upon receiving a briefing on the development, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Femi Haruna, immediately ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter.
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The truck driver has been taken into custody and is cooperating fully with investigators as efforts continue to unravel all the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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One person has died and another sustained injuries following an assault by suspected armed bandits in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
According to sources, the attack took place on January 24 around 4:00 p.m. along the Amoke–Odugbo road in Ukpogo Village, Edikwu Ward.
The victims, identified as Mr Joseph Okoh and Miss Aneh Sunday, both from Ogodumo, Adoka in Otukpo LGA, were reportedly riding a motorcycle when the assailants struck.
“They were rushed to the Comprehensive Health Centre, Ugbokpo, where Mr Okoh was confirmed dead while receiving treatment. Miss Sunday is currently admitted and responding to treatment,” the source stated.
Nigerian troops were quickly deployed to the area, and a search operation in the surrounding bushes is ongoing to apprehend the attackers.
“The Criminal Investigation Department has commenced an investigation into the incident,” the source added.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scrapped special concessions and registration procedures previously granted to candidates with albinism for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, citing abuse of the privilege to perpetrate examination malpractice.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
The Board also warned faith-based tertiary institutions to clearly declare their religious status at the point of admission, saying it is deceptive to present as secular and later impose religious rules on students.
As reported by Vanguard, these decisions were taken on Saturday at a meeting between JAMB management, led by its Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, and Commissioners for Education from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, held in Ikeja, Lagos.
Oloyede said the meeting was convened to review and assess previous admission exercises.
He noted that despite safeguards introduced by the Board, some individuals remained determined to circumvent the system.
“We have stopped some concessions we gave albino candidates. This is because some are using artificial intelligence to manipulate the registration process to look like they are albinos because of the consideration we gave them.
“Last year alone, over 7,000 claimed to be albinos. We have stopped special registration procedures for albinos,” he said.
Addressing complaints from candidates admitted into some private institutions over compulsory religious instruction, Oloyede urged faith-based schools to be transparent.
“Faith-based institutions should declare from the onset what they are, so that whoever applies there will know what he is going to meet there. But some don’t do that. They will pretend to be secular, but once students are admitted, trouble will begin over religious instruction and injunctions.
“If you are a faith-based institution, say so. The law allows you to set up faith-based schools,” he said.
On last year’s UTME, where the highest-scoring candidate was later found to be a 300-level university student, the JAMB registrar said investigations showed that some undergraduates sit for the examination to change courses or assist others to secure admission.
“Students who are already in school but want to change courses and are applying again must declare and disclose their status.
“We have found that some candidates already in school are writing the examination for other candidates. Last year, the candidate who scored the highest was found to be a 300-level student in the university.
“Henceforth, any candidate found engaging in such an act, and who fails to disclose that he is already in school but wants to change course, will be disqualified and will also lose his current admission,” he said.
On admission criteria, Oloyede explained that federal government-owned institutions allocate 45 per cent on merit, 20 per cent on catchment area, 20 per cent to educationally disadvantaged states, while the remaining slots are allocated to other considerations.
“Each owner or state has the right to decide what its admission criteria will be. But for states, we encourage them to allocate at least 10 per cent to merit, regardless of where the candidates come from.
“This is to diversify the student population and admit eggheads from different communities,” he said.
He criticised some states for establishing new universities despite not fully utilising their admission quotas in existing federal institutions.
On underage candidates, Oloyede said 16 years remained the minimum admission age, noting that an attestation process was in place for exceptional cases.
“Last year, about 42,000 claimed to be underage. After evaluation, only 78 met the criteria and were admitted. We are not saying there are no talented candidates, but the figure looks outlandish,” he said.
The issue of how to engage underage candidates during a gap year divided opinions at the meeting, but a majority voted for JAMB to continue its special assessment process.
The meeting also observed that parental pressure on children to complete their education too quickly was a major contributor to the problem.
On efforts to curb examination malpractice, Oloyede said JAMB had stopped the movement of computers between Computer-Based Test centres.
“A computer registered in a particular centre will remain there and is not transferable to another centre. Some people borrow computers to get accredited and later move them around,” he said.
He dismissed claims that candidates were posted to towns they did not choose, saying personal data used for registration were drawn directly from the National Identification Number submitted by candidates.
Providing an update on the 2025 UTME, Oloyede said 974,855 candidates had so far been admitted out of about 1.95 million who sat for the examination.
He added that over N2.4 billion had been disbursed to institutions that consistently complied with JAMB’s rules over the past 10 years, and that the meeting agreed that schools producing the best candidates should be compensated.
On accreditation of CBT centres, Oloyede said the process involved teams comprising university vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts in each state.
He warned state governments against agreements with private promoters who might use centres to facilitate malpractice.
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