Seriki challenges Olubadan installation in court

16:00 11/02/2016
Ibadan - The Seriki family, which is laying
claim to the Olubadan of Ibadan throne, has
filed a suit seeking to nullify the installation
of the Balogun Olubadan of Ibadan land,
Chief Saliu Adetunji, as the next monarch in
Ibadan, Punch reports.
The suit is seeking to restrain the Oyo State
Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, the Attorney
General of the state and the Olubadan-in-
Counoil from recognising or installing the
Balogun Olubadan of Ibadan land, High Chief
Saliu Adetunji, as the next monarch in
Ibadan.
The claimants Chief Adebayo Oyediji, Chief
Olalekan Fakunle, Chief Rasidi Abinupagun,
and Chief Gabriel Kofoworola, acting on
behalf of the Seriki family, filed the suit
through their counsel, Abideen Adeniran,
before an Oyo State High Court.
Governor Ajimobi’s Special Adviser,
Communication and Strategy, Yomi Layinka,
reacting to the suit said that the Seriki chiefs
had the right to seek redress in court if they
felt that they have a genuine case to pursue.
He stated that the state government would
wait for the outcome of the court’s
pronouncement on the issue.
Source: Punch
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