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Fuji musician, Sah‎eed Okunola, popularly known as Osupa, has said that he owes nobody an apology over allegation that he is claiming to be the Agbaakin of Omole community in Lagos. Osupa, reacting through his manager, Mr Adeola Okunola, said that he has never claimed to be the Agbaakin of Omole but that of Ojodu, adding that the threat issued by the community leader is laughable.

The Baale of Omole, Alhaji Nosiru Bakare, had in a press conference, told the Ibadan-born Fuji musician to apologise over what he described as ’embarrassment to Omole community’. One of the latest albums of the Fuji star had the inscription ‘Agbaakin of Omole, an action which might have made the community leader threatened to sue him.‎ The action, Osupa explained, may be due to the antics of the marketer, who may want to explore good title to sell his market. In the report, Alhaji Bakare  threatened to drag Osupa to court if he did not apologise to the Omole community within seven days. The statement reads further: ‎The attention of the corporate affairs department of Saheed Osupa Organisation has been drawn to a story published in some section 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 Kabiesi 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,” he concluded.