Nigerian Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as Kwam 1, has addressed growing speculations surrounding his marital status.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that reports emerged claiming the 68-year-old singer’s estranged wife, Fathia ‘Titi Marshal’ Titilola, had returned to his life and allegedly forced Aderopo Emmanuella out of his home.
|
|
The rumours surfaced five months after Kwam 1 reunited with Titi Marshal during his mother’s burial, Halima Anifowoshe, in Ijebu, Ogun State, in January.
Kwam 1 married Titi Marshal at his Ijebu residence in March 2018. He married Emmanuella on 18 November 2021 in a lavish ceremony at the Palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Ake, Abeokuta.
|
|
|---|
However, the singer dismissed the claims in an interview with journalist Stella Dimoko-Korkus.
He said: “She (Emmanuella) is the only one. I told her, ‘Leave social media, concentrate on your business and let me concentrate; in the end, the joy will be for us.’ I guess maybe she didn’t like it that way. She has every right to her reaction. Unfortunately, I am not getting younger anymore. I am 68 already. Do I need to fool myself?
“Titi Marshall is gone forever, but because she is gone, should I shut my eyes out on the three children she gave birth to for me? I didn’t do anything; I only concentrated on my project. Emmanuella brought this upon herself because I don’t know what she is doing on social media. You are not young anymore, you have two grown-ups at the university, and the third one is about to join them. So, these are the issues we must ponder, not social media things.”
No new wife
Additionally, he dismissed speculation that he had taken a new wife following Titi Marshal’s departure.
READ ALSO: ‘Iyanu’ children’s series debuts on Showmax across Africa
Kwam 1 described the claim that a woman seen dancing to his song in a viral video was his new wife as false and misleading.
The Fuji legend, who said he couldn’t imagine how embarrassed the lady must have felt, added, “Must I marry everyone? The lady is not my wife, and I have not married a new wife. That is it. Stella, I don’t have anything to add. I am into farming; I have farms, which take up my time. I don’t have time for social media squabbling regarding women or something. No, I can’t lie to you. And I promise you I will not speak to anyone else about this.
“I don’t have any intentions. What is ahead of me is more than marriage, marriage, marriage! I will send you some of the projects I am doing here. They are huge and take up 90 per cent of my funds. I am now into big business, aside from music. I am getting old. 68? So you can’t say you will be there forever. Don’t you consider what I am saying?”
