Nigeria, July 18 -- Waka music icon Salawa "Queen of Waka Music" Abeni has responded to Fuji legend Kollington Ayinla's claim that she remains his legal wife, saying she was not the one who walked away from their marriage.

More than a year after Kollington made the assertion, Abeni addressed it for the first time during an interview on Oyinmomo TV.

In May 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Kollington, speaking on the Teju Babyface Podcast, insisted that Abeni was neither his concubine nor his girlfriend but his lawful wife.

After divorcing the late Leader Records founder, Lateef Adepoju, in 1986, Abeni married Kollington. She had two children with Adepoju and three with Kollington before their marriage ended in 1994.

Following her spli...