Kwara State High Court, Omu-Aran division, has restrained the two traditional rulers of Oreke towns in Ifelodun Local Government Area from doing anything on the marble site of Oreke land pending the determination of the substantive suit before it.

The affected monarchs are Oloreke of Oreke, Oba Abdulkadir Ahmed Dada Olukondo II and the Oloreke of Oreke-Okegbo, Oba Joseph Sunday Olakunle Adefila Ayogunmoge III.

The order was handed down by Justice M. T. Umar, following a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction filed by the Oloreke of Oreke-Okegbo, Oba Joseph Sunday Olakunle Adefila Ayogunmoge (III) in a suit No: KWS/OM/8/2015.

The court ordered that the two traditional rulers, their agents and privies from further managing the marble site or giving approval or lease on any part of the land where marble was discovered in Oreke land in Ifelodun Local Government Area for the purpose of extracting or quarrying henceforth, pending the determination of the substantive suit before the court.

Oba Adefila (counter-claimant) in a 10-paragraph affidavit deposed to by himself, informed the court through his counsel, M. O. Aminu Esq. that Oba Dada (Claimant/Respondent) had trespassed, taken possession of land belonging to Oreke and leased parts of the land with mineral resources deposit to Platoon Rocks and Minerals Limited without his consent and authority.

He further submitted that he inherited the lands situated and lying at Oreke from his forefathers from time immemorial and had been in possession of same ever since.