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KWAM 1 refutes video of him campaigning for Saraki, threatens to sue
Fuji music maestro King, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (KWAM 1),who now prefers to be called K1 De Ultimate, is threatening lawsuit over a video making the rounds which purportedly shows him declaring supporting for the presidential ambition of Senator Bukola Saraki.
In a statement issued by his media manager Kunle Rasheed, the Fuji musician who described the video as a ruse, said he is highly disappointed that someone like the senate president can be involved in such a fraud.
K1 who dismissed the video said it is evidently clear that the only person he is rooting for to become the president in 2019 is no other than President Muhammadu Buhari.
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According to the Fuji king, who also revealed that he is already talking with his lawyers to seek redress on the matter, the only time he had an encounter with the Senate President was at the marriage ceremony of Mohammed Mustapha’s son in Ilorin in 2015.
“So, he has no right to circulate any song without my approval; doing so amounts to fraud, KWAM 1 said. “I remain a strong party member of the APC and the only person I support to become the president in 2019 is Muhammadu Buhari,” he concluded.
The development is coming days after Saraki met with members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) when members of the association led by its President, Emeka Rollas paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos.
During the visit, Saraki pledged to assist the AGN and also revealed to the thespians present during the meeting that he would soon make a case for the movie industry at the National Assembly.
The AGN also received a boost when Saraki donated the sum of N5 million to help ameliorate funds being put together by the association to cater for ailing Nollywood actors.
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