Popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Adesanya has written to the Ogun State Government, alleging plan by the Funsengbuwa ruling house to exclude him from current nomination process to fill the stool of Awujale of Ijebuland.
He will resist any attempt to exclude him from the nomination process for the revered traditional throne, he warned in a letter dated 8 January 2026.
Through his legal representatives, W. K. Shittu (SAN) & Co., KWAM 1 petitioned the Ogun State Executive Council, alleging that certain actions within the Fusengbuwa Ruling House tantamounts to a deliberate effort to sidestep due process and disenfranchise eligible members of the ruling family.
He accused some leaders of the ruling house of introducing procedures unknown to the law, including screening of aspirants and nomination by delegates, which Ayinde’s lawyers say violate the Chieftaincy Declaration and the Obas and Chiefs Law of Ogun State, 2021.
According to the petition, the Secretary of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government had earlier directed the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, in a letter dated 6 January 2026, to convene a statutory family meeting within 14 days to nominate candidate(s) to fill the vacant Awujale stool.
However, while preparations were ongoing for the statutory meeting, a public notice allegedly issued by Prince Adeleye Lateef Ademuyiwa, the family’s Public Relations Officer, introduced a screening process and a delegate-based nomination system.
The notice, according to the petition, also fixed 10 January 2026 for the selection of delegates and 12 January 2026 for the nomination exercise at Bisood Event Center.
Ayinde’s lawyers said this move, is unlawful and capable of undermining the integrity of the process.
The legal practitioners warned that allowing a select group within the ruling house to control the nomination process could lead to crisis in what should ordinarily be a seamless traditional succession.
They further stated that any attempt to preclude him from participating in the process would be resisted, stressing that all qualified members of the ruling house are entitled to attend the statutory meeting and freely nominate candidates of their choice.
