Bola Afolabi
Days after fuji icon, Wasiu Ayinde, was challenged during the funeral of his mother Fuji icon, on his earlier statement that he insulted Islamic clerics by saying they ‘ganu si’ (lusted for money, kind of), a video went viral in which some traditionalists were praying for him./
That was when he was going through the performance rites of his then new title, Olori Omo Oba Akile Ijebu. To some people then, Wasiu was not someone to pin down to a particular religion.
If that was not convincing enough, the Talazo Fuji great has shocked more people by revealing that he is actually also a Christian. According to him, he is a member of the Celestial Church of Christ, admitting that he is a bonafide and proud member of the ministry.
Wasiu noted he had also built a church for the mission.
Ayinde, a Muslim, made this known during a pre-recorded interview with Agbaletu TV on Wednesday.
“I attend Celestial church. I am a bonafide member of the celestial church. A proud one. In fact, I built a church. I sought different religions while trying to know God in both popular religions. There’s nowhere I didn’t try to find God,” he said.
The declaration is bound to stir up another round of controversies which Wasiu is no stranger to. An underlying fact, however, is that, in Yorubaland, he is not the only person with such a dual or multiple religious personality.
Besides, artistes, especially a professional and commercial one like Wasiu, might simply be prone to religious flexibility – if not prostitution.
