Alhaji Wasiu Alabi, popularly known as Pasuma revealed
some guarded secrets as regards to his past and unmarried status. Here is what
he has to say…
You once said you grew up in Mushin. That must have
been a rough and tough time for you. How rough exactly was your childhood?
Talking about rough, there is something about Mushin
that people run away from. Being a Mushin person, people don’t usually want to associate
with you or give you things. When someone asks you where you are from and you
say Mushin, they don’t want to have anything to do with you. But I saw it as a
challenge. When I was a young boy, I attended Muslim Mission Primary School.
Afterwards, I moved to Nigeria Model High School, Idioro also in Mushin. I
decided that I wanted to get out of the place and make people know that it is
not only rascally people that come out of Mushin. If we can talk of someone
like Honourable Funmilayo Tejuoso, Honourable Ganiyu Solomon, Honourable Muiz
Bamire all from Mushin making a difference, I determined that I could do better
than they did. And thank God, for where I am today and I am proud to say it
anywhere that I am from Mushin. Read more after the cut...
I am not married but I have children.
In
Yoruba culture, a 45-year-old man is expected to have been married?
Exactly.
So
why aren’t you married?
I don’t want to rush into it. I would have been
married earlier but it didn’t work out. The person I was supposed to have
married was Ayo Adesanya. I love her so much. Everybody in my family knew her
and knew that I wanted to marry her.
What
happened?
You journalists caused it. Nobody outside of my
family knew about our relationship then and that was the way we wanted it. But
one day we went together to a show and some journalists saw us together and
they slammed our pictures on the front page of the newspaper. It was The Fame
newspaper then. Apparently, they had been hearing the rumour but they could not
confirm it so they didn’t use the story. But this day when they saw us
together, they just used the picture, without even interviewing us. When the
wahala started, Ayo couldn’t handle it anymore. I would call her that I want to
see her and she would say she was busy. I could feel it that she was
withdrawing from the relationship and I had to let her go.
Did
you feel you made a mistake letting her go?
Well, there’s something about love. If you love
someone, you’d want them to be happy. If their happiness is not with you,
you’ll have to let them go. She couldn’t handle the pressure and she obviously
was not happy again. So I had to let her go.
It
seems you’re still in love with her. Are you?
(Laughs) She’s been married and has a child.
Although the relationship didn’t last.
If
Ayo says yes to your marriage proposal today, would you still marry her?
Yes! If she says yes today, we’ll head for the altar
tomorrow.
So
you’re still in love with her?
Yes.
Are
you dating someone now?
I am free. I am currently single but I have a
friend.
Did
you date Iyabo Ojo?
No. Thank you for that question. Let people know
that she and I are not dating. She is my very good friend and we are very
close. Outside of that, we are not dating.
We have not dated before, and we are not dating. The idea has not
crossed our minds.
Now
that people have planted the idea into your mind, would you consider it?
No. We are friends and that is enough for us. I am
not dating Iyabo. Please help me tell them.
You’ve
given almost 30 years of your life to music, any other plans for the future?
Let’s wait and see what the future has for me. You
have to understand that you have to move with time and seasons. My own is that
I want people to think of me and say this guy has tried for the industry and
for the country. I want people to say I want to become like Pasuma. I want
people to live a free and purposeful life. My future is in God’s hands. I pray
for long life though and to be able to use that life to make significant impact
on people’s lives and to make the industry bigger.
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