Court restrains Adeleke from appointing Prince as Monarch

Court restrains Adeleke from appointing Prince as Monarch

The state’s governor, Ademola Adeleke, and attorney general, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, or their representatives, are prohibited from designating Prince Olufemi Olayinka as the new Olu-Odo of Odo-Ijesa by an Osun State High Court sitting in Ode-Omu on Monday.

In addition, the court commanded Olayinka to leave the Olu-Odo of Odo-Ijesa’s stool while the lawsuit it was hearing was being resolved.

On Monday, the parties involved in the case met before Justice M. Okediya. Fatima Adesina, the plaintiff’s attorney, submitted an application requesting the court to revoke any appointment letter or instrument that would have been handed to the defendant.

But counsel to the defendant, Mr. T. Giwa, though told by the court to respond orally to the application, declined, saying he had not been properly briefed on the matter.

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A prince of Odo-Ijesa, Hammed Odeyemi had, on January 19, 2021, dragged Olayinka alongside the state governor, the state Attorney-General and the kingmakers to court, over the vacant royal stool.

The plaintiff through his counsel, Adesina, on February 2, 2022, filed an interlocutory injunction, asking the court to order a stay of execution, pending the determination of the substantive suit by the court.

Adesina moved the motion on June 14, 2022.

Ruling on the motion on Monday, Okediya restrained the defendants, particularly the governor, the state Attorney-General and the Atakumosa East Local Government or their agents, from sending the name of Olayinka or accepting his name as the Olu-Odo elect of Odo-Ijesa.

Court restrains Adeleke from appointing Prince as Monarch