An Ogun State High Court in Ijebu-Ode has dismissed an application by Fuji music legend Otunba Wasiu Ayinde (also known as K1 De Ultimate or KWAM 1) seeking to stop the selection process for the next Awujale of Ijebuland.
Justice A. A. Omoniyi ruled on Monday that the application lacked merit, refusing to grant an interim injunction to halt the process.
The court, however, ordered an accelerated hearing, setting January 14, 2026, for the case to begin.
Ayinde, a member of the Fidipote ruling house, had sued the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and others, including the head of the Fusengbuwa ruling house. He challenged the committee’s focus on only the Fusengbuwa house for the next Awujale, alleging a breach of chieftaincy law and his constitutional rights.
In a swift development following the court challenge, the State Government has cancelled the ongoing selection process.
Prof. Fassy Yusuf, Vice Chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, confirmed the government’s decision to restart the procedure.
He stated this move was to strictly adhere to legal provisions and avoid further litigation, citing previously identified procedural errors.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
