Fuji icon, Wasiu Ayinde, has approached the Ogun State High Court, Ijebu-Ode Division, seeking an interim injunction to stop Governor Dapo Abiodun and six others from installing the next Awujale of Ijebuland.
Mr Ayinde, an applicant for the vacant stool, also prayed the court to disqualify the Fusengbuwa ruling house from providing candidates for the vacant Awujale stool, pending the determination of the suit, claiming that the Fidipote Ruling House, of which he is a member, is next in line to perform that responsibility.
The singer made the prayer in suit number HC3/238/2025, dated December 16, 2025, and signed by his team of lawyers led by Wahab Shittu, pursuant to section 36 of the Constitution.
Relying on sections 36 and 6 (6) (c) of the Constitution FRN, 1999, Mr Ayinde urged “the court to invoke its powers of interim injunction against the respondents so as to secure the interest of the applicant and preserve the res from being dissipated or interfered with by the respondent”.
The chairman of the Ijebu-Ode LGA, the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, the commissioner for justice, the secretary of Ijebu-Ode LGA, the chairman of Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, and the chairman of Fusengbuwa ruling house.
The musician, in an affidavit to support the suit, alleged that the Ogun Chieftaincy Law was flouted through the interference by an unrecognised and illegal body called the ‘Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council’, instead of the Ijebu-Ode council secretary commencing the process to the family for the nomination of a candidate for the vacant stool, as required by law.
Mr Ayinde described his disqualification from contesting the vacant stool by the Fusengbuwa ruling house as premature and unlawful.
“I was not called upon to explain my own side of the story, and neither was my family heard,” stated the musician. “It is my further contention that no adequate time was given to me to fully deliberate on the matter, as their decision was taken a day after the receipt of the letter, and this has led to a complete denial of a fair hearing.”
