KWAM1 loses bid to stop Awujale selection process, withdraws suit as court declines interim injunction
By KEMI KASUMU
The DEFENDER Newspaper reports that Ayinde Marshal, who had reportedly threatened to crush anybody that would stand on his way of becoming the Awujale a stool he has been generally proven to be alien to, was praying the court to restrain the state government from taking any further steps in the process of selecting the next Awujale of Ijebu Land pending the determination of his suit.
Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Adesanya Marshal a.k.a. KWAM1, has withdrawn his suit he filed against the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Fusengbuwa Ruling House and give others at the Ogun State High Court in Ijebu-Ode.
The DEFENDER Newspaper reports that Ayinde Marshal, who had reportedly threatened to crush anybody that would stand on his way of becoming the Awujale a stool he has been generally proven to be alien to, was praying the court to restrain the state government from taking any further steps in the process of selecting the next Awujale of Ijebu Land pending the determination of his suit.
KWAM1, an acronym for K1 Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, had challenged the Awujale succession process, citing alleged breaches of the Ogun State Chieftaincy Law and violation of his constitutional right to fair hearing as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The lead lawyer to KWAM I, Dr. Wahab Shittu (SAN), filed the Notice of Discontinuance dated December 22, 2025 while the application was acknowledged by the court on the same date.
The Fuji maestro had filed the suit marked HCJ/238/2025 against Governor Abiodun and named the Executive Chairman, Ijebu Ode Local Government, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Secretary, Ijebu Ode Local Government, the Chairman, Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council and the Chairman, Funsengbuwa Ruling House, Otunba Lateef Owoyemi, as co-respondents to the suit.
The application reads in part, “TAKE NOTICE that the Claimant/Applicant herein wholly discontinues the above suit against the Defendant/Respondent pursuant to Order 23 (or relevant Order) of the High Court of Ogun State (Civil Procedure) Rules 2024 and under the inherent jurisdiction of this Honourable Court.”
Shittu SAN further disclosed the reasons for the withdrawal of the suit, saying that correspondences between the Chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government and KWAM I necessitated the discontinuation of the suit.
Shittu said, “The Applicant (KWAM I) filed this suit following correspondences from the 2nd Respondent (the Chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government) wherein 2nd December, 2025 – which correspondences have been withdrawn.
“The Applicant respectfully prays that the Honourable Court to record the discontinuance of this suit and makes orders as it deems fit.”
Meanwhile, Justice AA Omoniyi of Ogun State High Court in Ijebu-Ode has declined to grant an interim injunction sought by KWAM I.
The Fuji musician had asked the court to grant the interim injunction, restraining the Ogun State Government, the Fusengbuwa Ruling House and the five other respondents from taking any further steps in the process of selecting the next Awujale of Ijebuland, pending the determination of his suit.
But in his ruling on the application on Monday December 22, 2025, Justice Omoniyi held that the interim injunction by KWAM1 lacked merit.
Justice Omoniyi consequently ordered an expeditious hearing of the substantive matter and adjourned the case till January 14, 2026 for further hearing of the suit.
