The popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Omogbolahan Marshall, known as Kwam 1, has withdrawn the lawsuit he filed at the Ogun State High Court challenging the process for installing a new Awujale of Ijebuland.
A notice of discontinuance dated December 22 and filed at the High Court in Ijebu Ode shows that Oluaye Fuji, as he is fondly called, formally dropped the case against all the respondents, including Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Other respondents in the suit were officials of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government, the state Attorney General, and the Fusengbuwa Ruling House.
Confirming the withdrawal, the Vice Chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu Ode and the family’s lawyer, Prof. Fassy Yusuf, said on Wednesday that Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde “has truly withdrawn the suit filed against the state government and the ruling house over the selection process of the next Awujale of Ijebuland.”
According to Prof. Yusuf, Ayinde’s notice of discontinuance, dated December 22, tells the court that he no longer wishes to pursue the suit and requests the case be discontinued.
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Prof. Yusuf told a Punch correspondent, “I can confirm that Wasiu Ayinde has filed a notice of discontinuance of the suit instituted against Gov Dapo Abiodun, the Fusengbuwa ruling house, the Awujale Interregnum Administration Committee, the Chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government and others.
“On Monday, his ex parte motion came up for hearing, but unfortunately, the presiding judge, Justice A A Omoniyi, declined to grant the order of interim injunction seeking to stop the selection process of the Awujale.
“Maybe after due consultation with his legal counsel, he decided to withdraw the suit, having suffered defeat when the case came up for hearing on Monday and decided to file a withdrawal of the suit; nobody knows.
“The truth, however, is that the Fuji musician has filed for the discontinuance of his suit against the government and our family, and this application would be formally heard on January 14, which is the next adjournment day for the suit.”