Fuji star, Saheed Osupa, has pointed out that he cannot be intimidated to offer an apology to the Omole community in Lagos over an allegation that he referred himself as the Agbaakin of Omole.
The University of Ibadan undergraduate made this known in a statement issued by his image maker, Adeola Okunola.
Osupa stressed that he owes nobody an apology over the issue because he never claimed he was the Agbaakin of Omole.
Recall that the Baale of Omole, Nosiru Bakare, had ordered the musician to apologise to the community for addressing himself Agbaakin of Omole, which Bakare said was an embarrassment to them.
Osupa was subsequently told to tender an apology within seven days or risk a legal action over the matter.
But the singer, reacting, described the threat as laughable, explaining that he never called himself the Agbaakin of Omole, but of Ojodu.
Osupa explained that the marketed the video CD, where the alleged claim was made might have done that as a marketing strategy.
“The attention of the corporate affairs department of Saheed Osupa Organisation has been drawn to a story published in some sections of the media about the above caption.
“To set the record straight, Osupa does not owe the community any apology. He has never claimed to be the Agbaakin of Omole but that of Ojodu. And he will not claim so, unless he is installed as such. So why the fuss?
“The marketer, in a bid to make sales or mistakenly may have used the titled. We all know how marketers do their work. The Kabiyesi in the disc is that of Ojodu and not Omole. He sang it in his music.
“They should go and watch the disc, over and over. “In the story, it was written that he allegedly portrayed himself as Agbaakin of Omole and as such, he should apologise before seven days or risk being sued.
“It is laughable. If they are playing, they should stop the joke. While we are not saying that some people might have motivated them to issue such in order to malign the soaring popularity of our principal, we urge the community leaders and stakeholders to listen to the said album again.
“As a cultured person who was brought up by disciplined parents, our principal would have loved to
react more than this because we wonder why someone would open his mouth and say that “Your action is embarrassing to the people of Omole.
For us, our principal does not owe anybody the smallest of apologies; they should contact sound legal minds to explain things for them.
“Despite the fact that Osupa is educationally sophisticated, he knows what is wrong from what is
right and he is somebody who works harder to earn the fame he enjoys today and not one of those who will stoop so low to achieve fame, at any cost,” the statement said.
