Apart from the expansive hall (the whole of the usually demarcated event centre, not half of it) being filled to the brim by galaxy of movie and music stars and their fans alike, there were so much gifts handed out in appreciation to fans who bought tickets at the venue by way of raffle draw.
Besides being spoilt for choice in terms of varieties of sumptuous meals which went in endless supply and assorted drinks that circulated to the nooks and crannies of the hall like bazaar, fans won gifts like refrigerator, television set, generator, DVD player, blenders and so on. And selected widows went home with bags of rice.
Meanwhile, the high point of the event did not come without a mild drama for the discerning minds at the event. To charge up the atmosphere after a string of individual musical performance by some Islamic artistes, a group of them was invited to the stage for a collaborative performance with the undisputed Oga Nla of Fuji music, Alhaji Wasiu Alabi Pasuma.
The list of the Islamic singers who stormed the stage with the Ijoba of Fuji music as Pasuma is also regarded were Alhaji Wasiu As-Sideeq, Alhaji Saoty Arewa, Ere Asalatu, Alhaja Mistura Temi Ni Success, Alhaja Sophiat Iya Nkaola, Alhaja Aminat Omotayebi, Saheed Gbemisoke, and a few others.
While the very talented artistes held their audience spellbound as they exchanged the microphone on the stage to sing some of their popular tunes, Ere Asalatu innocently picked a line of controversial lyrics from one of Pasuma's recent songs and that caused a stir. And guess what it was... "Ijoba, Ijoba, Ijoba..." was the line the talented Islamic artiste picked which met a disapproving reaction from Pasuma.
And how exactly did Pasuma react? The charismatic musician kept waving his hand to Ere Asalatu to indicate to him that he should not even go there at all, knowing fully well that there were so many Saheed Osupa's fans in attendance.
You may be wondering how that line of song affect Saheed Osupa. Just relax. Keen observers of recent events in the Fuji music industry would attest to the fact that it is that same line of song that triggered off the current animosity raging between Pasuma and Saheed Osupa. How? Pasuma not too long ago spurn the combustive lyric by singing that: "Ijoba oga Oba, Ijoba egbon Oba..." which has ignited a musical inferno between him and Saheed Osupa that has refused to be quenched, not by all the water of peace stake-holders have been making attempts to pour on it.
In case you don't know, until that sensitive composition by Pasuma, Saheed Osupa had been carrying on as the King of music which translates to Oba Orin in Yoruba and when Pasuma came up with his new rank as the Ijoba (Federal Government) of Fuji and then went on to sing that: "Ijoba oga Oba, Ijoba egbon Oba..." (Federal Government, the boss to any King, Federal Government, the big brother to any King...), Saheed Osupa took that personally to mean a tacit attack on his Oba's status and he has since gone berserk with abuses in his music against Pasuma calling him all kinds of unprintable names.
So, when Ere Asalatu picked that same highly inflammable lyrics at Rukayat Gawat's event, Pasuma never wanted to go there as the video of it was being recorded by Okiki Films and Music Productions to be released later for public consumption and he apparently, did not want any more negative response from Saheed Osupa. Ask which line Alhaji Wasiu As-Sideeq picked from Pasuma's song immediately the microphone was collected from Ere Asalatu by Pasuma and handed over to him to sing?
" Nitemi nitemi, mi o ma bawon si ndi ote, mi o ma bawon si ndi abosi o, owo mi ma re o fun fun nene (For me, I take exception from a gang up to run anybody down, my hands are very clean) and that caused a roar of support for Baba Nwaka as Wasiu As-Sideeq is also known, from the audience with the way he stylishly washed his hands off any kind of unwitting gang up against Saheed Osupa by the artistes on the stage.
However, on the whole, it was a very exciting point during the course of the event as the artistes kept exchanging microphone on the stage for about 30 minutes to entertain the audience who obviously got a great value at the event for every minute spent.
Some of the dignitaries at the event included: Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello who delivered lecture at the event, Sheik Muritadha Adio Abolaji (Baba N’Bariga), grand-son of Sheikh Ibrahim Niyass from Senegal, Muyiwa Authentic, Sanyeri, Kamilu Kompo, Kunle Afod, Murphy Afolabi, Moji Olaiya, Lizzy Anjorin, Nike Peller, Soji Omo Banke, Akanni Olohunwa, top marketers, and a host of others.
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