A lineage claim to the Awujale of Ijebuland stool has led well-known Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as KWAM 1, to challenge Governor Dapo Abiodun, the Ijebu-Ode Local Government, and the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council in the Ogun State High Court located in Ijebu-Ode.
A court document requesting an interim injunction, which was submitted to the court registry on Tuesday and viewed by SaharaReporters on Thursday, includes the lawsuit.
“In the High Court of Ogun State in the Ijebu-Ode Judicial Division Holden at Ijebu-Ode” is the title of the document, which is dated December 16, 2025. Suit No. C3/238/2025 is the case number given.
Otunba Wasiu Olasunkanmi Ayinde Adesanya Marshal is the claimant’s name in the lawsuit.
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Executive Chairman of Ijebu-Ode Local Government, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ogun State, the Secretary of Ijebu-Ode Local Government, the Chairman of the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, and Otunba Lateef Owoyemi, the Chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, are among those named as respondents.
The application is a Motion Ex Parte filed in accordance with Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Order 38 Rule 4 and Order 39 Rule 1 of the High Court of Ogun State (Civil Procedure) Rules 2024, and the court’s inherent authority.
“An order of interim injunction restraining the respondents, either by themselves, privies, assigns, agents or anyone acting on their behalf, from taking any steps in the installation process of the next Awujale of Ijebuland pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit” is what KWAM 1 is requesting from the court.
Additionally, he requested “such further order(s) as the court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case” from the court.
“The applicant is an aspirant to the stool of the Awujale of Ijebu land in Ogun State,” the document said, citing Sections 36 and 6(6)(c) of the 1999 Constitution as justification.
In order to “secure the interest of the applicant and preserve the res from being dissipated or interfered with by the respondents,” it further contended that the court must use its authority to issue an interim injunction.
The lawsuit adds a new legal dimension to the Awujale of Ijebuland succession process, since the court will now have to decide whether to stop the installation procedure while the substantive case is being decided.
Remember that KWAM 1’s ancestry claim was already rejected by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House in Ijebu-Ode, which declared his completed linkage form illegal.
Based on purported ancestry to the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, the Fuji musician had declared his desire to become the Awujale of Ijebuland; however, this claim has since been contested.
However, the family acknowledged receiving the completed details and linking form that Otunba Adesanya had provided in an official letter dated December 11, 2025, which was signed by important members of the reigning house.
