Wasiu Ayinde, Nigerian Fuji star
better known as Kwam 1, says claims in some quarters that he brutalised Wole
Sorunke, an Ogun-based broadcaster, at an event, were untrue.
Sorunke had accused the Fuji
singer and his boys of assaulting him at the 60th birthday party of Abdulfatai
Akamo, the Olu of Itori, in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state on
Thursday night.
The Freelance and Independent
Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) had on Friday slammed Kwam 1 over
the incident.
Desmond Nwachukwu, its president,
had also called on Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, to strip the singer of
his title as the Mayegun of Yoruba land.
But in a statement to TheCable
Lifestyle on Saturday, Kunle Rasheed, Ayinde’s media aide, said the event
painted by Sorunke and FIBAN is far from the truth.
Rasheed said the allegations were
indicative of Sorunke and FIBAN’s desperation to “malign” the singer.
The media aide also wondered why
the said violent scene was not spotted by fans who followed the event through
social media.
“It is unfortunate that Mr.
Sorunke and FIBAN are seriously looking for ways to malign King Wasiu
Olasunkanmi Marshal who did not in anyway deserve that from them,” he said.
“K1 was never involved in any
violence at that party. Indeed, many followed K1’s performance live through the
social media that day and so it became a great wonder the point this monumental
violence took place that the live cameras did not capture it”.
Rasheed, in a seemingly
contradictory stance, also said even if the said violence took place, it was
not orchestrated by the singer.
“If indeed there was a fracas we
are maintaining that it has nothing to do with K1 and his stage where he
performed . It was believed that the radio presenter had issues with people at
the party and because he is known to K1, he rescued him and took him to his
stage away from the scene of the incident,” he added.
“How then can this amount to
beating up the broadcaster, when indeed he saved him that fateful evening. This
can be coroborrated by people present at the occasion.
“For the avoidance of doubt, K1s
title, ‘Mayegun of Yorubaland”, is a solid statement that the man stands for
peace. Anything that happened to him (Sorunke) has nothing to do with Alhaji
(K1).”
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