KWAM1 BOOSTED MY APC CAREER - FEMALE LAW-MAKER!

There are speculations that you are in a relationship with King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal. Can you clear the air on your closeness to him?

When you see a man and a woman standing even under a tree, you would easily conclude that there is something going on between them. The relationship between myself, and KWAM I was ordained by God. I had been working as a Board Member of the State Ministry of Youth and Sports before I met him. I had contested several elections and lost, but somebody with whom I had worked with else where told me to go and meet KWAM 1, that he would be of help to me. In Isolo, where I come from, there are two people that are very prominent in my history, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, and KWAM I. You cannot ignore these two people. The day I went there, I gave them my business card at the gate, and I told them I was from the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Sports and he gave me audience. I told him that I had contested election twice and lost and that I needed him to support me. He gave me an endorsement, as his candidate and since then, we have worked together.

So, the allegation that I was dating KWAM 1 is baseless and untrue. To even go further, I can tell you that for three years after my marriage broke up, I never set my eyes on him. Thank God, that there was no link. If there had been a link, people would have had photographic evidence. The irony of it all is that Wasiu and I are even related. His mother is from Ilupeju in Lagos and my father’s mother and Wasiu’s mother are first cousins; so he is my big brother. There are people that I consider very important to me. I call helpers of destiny. They have helped me in my journey. Wasiu has helped me at a point, so I cannot leave him. He is not my boyfriend, husband or sugar daddy. He is my father and he would remain so in my life.

Excerpts from the Sun interview with Lagos lawmaker Hon Ms Olatunji Edet.