Court deposed monarch in Ondo State Nigeria
The court nullified the appointment of the monarch, having admitted that Oba Oluwole, who was in2018 crowned the monarch of the community, was not a member of the ruling house. Which turn was to fill the then-vacant stool of the town.
Two princes from the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, Rufus Adekanye and Temitope Adeoye, Head and Secretary of the House respectively, had challenged the enthronement of a monarch by the Ondo state government.
Also joined in the suit were the kingmakers of the town.
Delivering his verdict, Justice Ademola Enikuemehin admitted that Oluwole was not a member of the ruling house, which in turn was to produce the king and also not qualified to be presented as the kingship candidate.
In the suit filed by their lawyer, Mr. Sola Ebiseni, the claimants said that the defendant was not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, which in turn was to present a candidate to the throne, saying the stool is still vacant.
Enikuemehin ordered that "the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftancy in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State is subject to the Declariation in Part two of justice Adeloye Judicial Commission of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters and the Chiefs Law CAP 27 1 laws of Ondo state 2006.
The judge said, "Under the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters, eligibility to the throne is restricted to the descendants of (1) Odo Eleyowo (2) Aare Kugbaigbe (3) Kuole Oloje (4) Aderin Ologbenla (5) Ajibike Adedimeji of the male linage who is thus constituted as the five Ruling Houses of the Chieftaincy.
"Under the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters, it is the turn of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, to present candidates (s) to fill the now vacant stool of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftaincy.
"The fifth defendant (Oba Oluwole), not being a descendant of the Aare Kugbaigbe is not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House and therefore not qualified under the declaration to be proposed as a candidate for the vacant stool of or be made the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."
The court equally gave an injunction restraining the fifth defendant from or further parading himself or allowing himself to be a parade as or accorded the rights and privileges about the person, title, and office of the Olu-oke of Oke-Igbo.
It restrained the defendants "jointly and severally from parading as or further according to the fifth defendants the recognition, rights, and privileges, of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."
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