A day after fuji legend K1 De Ultimate formally declared his interest in becoming the next Awujale of Ijebuland, the Fusengbuwa Ruling House responded officially, signaling a shift toward a more structured selection process.
In a letter dated December 4, 2025, delivered to his Idowa residence, the chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, Otunba Abdul Lateef Adebayo Owoyemi, acknowledged receipt of K1 De Ultimate’s declaration of interest sent a day earlier. Owoyemi noted that the letter lacked a return address or phone number and was delivered via Prince Adedoyin, from whom he obtained K1’s WhatsApp contact.
The chairman then issued clear next steps for the musician, beginning with the completion of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House Individual Member’s Particulars & House Linkage Data Form, which must be filled, witnessed, and countersigned by the head of K1’s royal lineage within the ruling house.
He instructed K1 to return the completed form “as soon as possible,” after which he may send a representative to pick up both the Awujale Candidate’s Obaship Application Form and the Irrevocable Undertakings, all of which must be completed and submitted in three copies.
Owoyemi also highlighted a submission deadline: 5 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025 for all candidates. However, he granted K1 a special extension of three additional working days, allowing him until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, to return all required documents.
The letter was also copied to top government officials, including:
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun (MFR)
The Executive Chairman, Ijebu-Ode Local Government
The Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs
Ogun State Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice
The Secretary, Ijebu-Ode Local Government
Chairman, Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council
Deputy Chairman, Otunba Adedokun Ajidagba
Vice Chairman, Chief Fassy Yusuf
This development formally places K1 De Ultimate in the running for the revered Awujale throne, positioning him alongside dozens of other princes from the Fusengbuwa lineage. With the stool vacant since the passing of Oba Sikiru Adetona on July 13, the succession race is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched traditional contests in recent years, and K1 is now officially at the center of it.
