Ayo Shonaiya, K1’s former manager, has broken his silence on the singer’s paternity scandal, claiming women deliberately seek children with him.
Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, is once again trending online, and this time, it’s his former manager doing the talking.
Ayo Shonaiya took to X to address the paternity claims currently swirling around the singer, and his comments have only added fuel to the fire.
According to Shonaiya, K1 isn’t your everyday celebrity. He described the singer as someone with an almost mythical pull, insisting that women actively pursue him hoping to fall pregnant, not by accident, but by choice. Shonaiya says he watched this play out repeatedly during his years working alongside the Fuji icon, and he believes many of these women want nothing more than a piece of K1’s legacy through his bloodline.
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He didn’t stop there. Shonaiya claimed the phenomenon is still happening today, with women reportedly waiting for their turn.
The timing isn’t random. Days before Shonaiya’s comments, K1 performed at a traditional coronation event where he sang a line dismissing unplanned pregnancies as something of little value. Clips from that performance spread fast, reigniting an old and painful conversation.
That conversation traces back to Ogechi Eleana, a woman who has publicly said K1 fathered her daughter, Azeezat, and has accused him of refusing to take responsibility. Her story resurfaced heavily online after the coronation clip went viral, with many Nigerians connecting the dots between his lyrics and her allegations.
What makes this story stick isn’t just the celebrity gossip angle. It touches on deeper questions Nigerians have wrestled with for years, about fame, accountability, and how differently society treats men versus women when children are involved outside marriage. Shonaiya’s defense, framing the situation as women knowingly seeking this outcome, has struck many as dismissive of the mothers who say they were left to raise children alone.
Whether or not you buy into the idea of K1 as an “irresistible” figure, the real story here is about the women left holding both the child and the blame.
K1 himself hasn’t addressed the paternity allegations directly. Until he does, the internet will keep filling in the blanks, and Shonaiya’s comments have only added another layer to an already messy conversation.
