{"id":60319,"date":"2025-02-01T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60319"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:53:02","slug":"kwam-1-responds-to-ganu-si-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/01\/kwam-1-responds-to-ganu-si-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwam 1 Responds to \u2018Ga\u2019nu S\u00ed\u2019 Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as Kwam 1, has subtly addressed the backlash over his controversial \u2018Ga\u2019nu s\u00ed\u2019 remark during the Fidau prayer for his late mother, Alimotu Anifowoshe.<\/p>\n<p>In January, while preparing for the eight-day Fidau ceremony, Kwam 1 made a statement implying that Islamic clerics were primarily drawn to his home for financial gain.<\/p>\n<p>His words sparked outrage among some Muslim faithful and drew criticism from prominent Islamic scholars, including Sheikh Faruq Onikijipa, who urged him to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kwam 1 stood by his words, refusing to issue an apology, insisting he had done nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>During a performance at the coronation anniversary of Sikirullahi Williams, the King of Odi-Olowo Kingdom in Lagos, the 67-year-old singer appeared to respond to his critics through his lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>Without directly referencing Islamic clerics, he sang about evil-doers and hypocrites who falsely judge others, adding that those unhappy with his words should \u201cswell up and burst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in a social media post captioned \u2018Ga\u2019nu s\u00ed Federation,\u2019 Kwam 1 encouraged fans to experience the phrase\u2019s meaning in Ijebu Ode, further fueling the debate.<\/p>\n<p>His defiant stance follows previous criticism over his decision to publicize a private phone call from President Bola Tinubu, who had reached out to condole with him over his mother\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as Kwam 1, has subtly addressed the backlash over his controversial \u2018Ga\u2019nu s\u00ed\u2019 remark during the Fidau prayer for his late mother, Alimotu Anifowoshe. In January, while preparing for the eight-day Fidau ceremony, Kwam 1 made a statement implying that Islamic clerics were primarily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":60321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-60319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60322,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60319\/revisions\/60322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}