Justice Olajumoke Aiki of the Oyo State High Court has
trashed the installation of 21 monarchs in Ibadan last August by Governor
Abiola Ajimobi.
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The judge did this today
by nullifying the process that led to the historic coronation: the review
of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in
Ibadan land by the Justice Akintunde Boade Review Commission.
In a ruling in Ibadan
today, Aiki declared the review unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no
effect, following a legal challenge by Rashidi Ladoja, a former governor, who
would have been a beneficiary .
The commission had
recommended, among others, the creation of many monarchs in Ibadan which led to
the installation of 21 kings by the state Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
But the Osi Olubadan of
Ibadan land, Rasheed Ladoja, challenged the composition and recommendations of
the commission in court, joining Ajimobi as co-defendant.
While delivering
judgment, Aiki held that wearing of beaded crowns is beyond the purview of
sections 10, 12 and 25 of the Oyo State Chiefs Law, stating that Section 25 of
the Chiefs Law could not be treated in isolation to the provisions of Parts Two
and Three of the Chiefs Laws.
The court also said
provisions of Parts Two and Three of the Chiefs Laws, particularly sections 10,
12 and 25, did not give power to the governor to review the Olubadan
chieftaincy declaration, while also restraining the government from accepting
and implementing the reports of the commission.
Also being challenged in
court is the position of Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji himself.
The case filed by
Chief Adebayo Oyediji, will be heard on 12 February in Ibadan by Justice Moshood
Abass.
Oyediji of Seriki
chieftaincy line and three others, are challenging the installation of Adetunji
by Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State as the Olubadan of Ibadanland.
The other claimants in
the suit were Chief Olalekan Fakunle, Chief Rasheed Abinupagun and Chief
Gabriel Amao.
Source: NAN
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