Afin Oro Ruling House Files Lawsuit Against New Oro Monarch Over Eligibility

Date: 2024-10-29

Nigerian Tribune reports that the Afin Oro ruling house in the ancient Oro kingdom, located in the Irepodun local government area of Kwara State, has filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye, the newly installed traditional ruler of Oro.

Oba Titiloye was recently presented with his second-class staff of office by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, represented by his deputy, Mr Kayode Alabi, in Ilorin on Sunday.

The Afin Oro ruling house contends that Oba Titiloye is not a member of the royal family qualified to ascend the traditional throne of the kingdom, and had previously initiated legal proceedings to dispute his candidature.

The Afin Oro family, in their claims, stressed that Oba Titiloye is from Iludun and traditionally, historically, no one from that axis qualifies as a Royal lineage carrier to occupy the revered Oro Kingdom stool.

In a statement by the legal counsel to the Afin Oro royal family, Barrister Akin Akintoye (SAN) and the alleged candidate of the town's kingmakers for the throne, Prince Clement Ogundokun Adegbola, the case will be coming up on November 4, 2024.

According to the legal counsel, the documents presented by the installed monarch to the state Ministry of Local Government Chieftaincy and Community Development allegedly said that his client, Prince Adegbola, stepped down for him in the race to the stool.

Barr Akintoye, who expressed surprise over the installation of Oba Titiloye when the case challenging his eligibility was still pending before a High Court presided over by Justice Adegbite, described the installation as an aberration and unconstitutional.

“I'm representing the Afin Oro including the candidate whom the royal family chose to be Oloro of Oro Kingdom against the Oba Titiloye and the head of the kingmakers. My clients hold the position that the said Oba is not from Afin Oro and not from the Olufayo compound.

“They claimed he comes from Iludun. His father and grandfather lived and died in Iludun Oro. On this basis, we expect the court to determine that he's not from Iludun Oro and he is not entitled to the Oloro of Oro seat.

“That case has been pending in court. Meanwhile, we've earlier informed the chairman of the traditional council, Oba Olupo, in writing and the Ministry of Local Government Affair of the wrong intention to install Oba Titiloye.

“Olupo called meetings of all the party in the palace and became clear that he's not from Afin Oro and he's only known in Iludun Oro who don't have right to the stool. Olupo, in his resolution, said they should settle among themselves.

“But along the line, we understand that Oba Titiloye has gone to meet some people that they've settled and they've made him the preferred candidate. We got this information, and we refuted that the matter is still in court.

“That case is still pending in court. That and the ministry is aware of it. So, installation of Oba Titiloye is an abberation, unwarranted and unconstitutional. Some people went to the government to say that the case had been struck out, but there was nothing of such.

Also speaking, some elders in the ancient town said that the installation of Oba Titiloye was sacrilegious, adding that the process allegedly flouted ancestral traditions and constitutional procedures.

They said the kingmakers, who are six in number, had initially chosen Prince Clement Ogundokun Adegbola as King and even asked him to start coming home from abroad for the traditional rites into the stool.

The family head of Afin Oro's Olufola ruling house, Prince Wasiu Olaniyi Oloyede, expressed disappointment, saying, “We've been cheated and disenfranchised of our rightful place”.

Meanwhile, the suit has already been filed at the Kwara State High Court sitting in Omu-Aran by seven claimants seeking redress over the development.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Fatai Olodo     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Adamu Attah     20 Billion Bond     Moremi High School     Amos Bajeh     Shuaibu Yaman     Olusegun Adeniyi     Sheriff Shagaya     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Surajudeen Akanbi     AbdulGafar Tosho     Gbugbu International Market     Olushola Saraki     Kehinde Boyede     Babs Iwarere     Binta Abubakar Mora     Amuda Musbau     Moronfoye     Aliyu U. Tilde     New Naira Notes     College Of Education     Adesoye College     Damilola Yusuf     Kamoru Kadiri     Oyun     AbdulRahman Saad     Adebara     Adekunle David Dunmade     Musa Alhassan Buge     Michael Nzwekwe     Oniye     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     School Of Nursing     Kwara State Football Association     Age AbdulKareem     Magaji Are     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Oye Tinuoye     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Adesoye     Press Release     Memunat Monsuma     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Kunle Akogun     Saadu Alanamu     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     National Information Technology Development Agency     Aremu Odolaye     Dasuki Belgore     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Hakeem Idris     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Tanke     Yomi Ogunsola     National Pilot     GRA     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Umar Gunu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kuliyan Geri     Onilu     07039448763     Charles Ibitoye     Ahmed Dankaya     Kayode Laro     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Aliyu Umar     Woro    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara State Fire Service     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ganiyu Abolarin     Obasanjo     Local Government Pension Board     Baaziki Sulaiman     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Oyelere Oyinloye     Radio SBS     Olupako Of Share     Kayode Yusuf     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     SWAN     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Olomu     Kehinde Baale     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kola Bukoye     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Ojo Isekuse     Yusuf Aiyedun     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Ahman Pategi     Aliyu Sabi     Federal Allocation     KWIRS     Ishaq Salman     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Playing Host     KWATMA     Ilorin East     Nigeria Computer Society     Senate Presidency     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Kazeem Adekanye     Oniyangi     Dunmade     JAMB     Kwara State University Of Education     Oko     Alapansapa     Yusuf Ali     Saduki Lafiagi     Sulyman Tejidini     Ganmo     HYPPADEC     Wasiu Odewale     Mahee Abdulkadir     Oke-Ode     Isiaka Alikinla     Facebook     IsDB     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Simeon Ajibola     Medview Airlines     Kwara North     Guber Aspirant     Babaita     Ramat Oganija     Gbenga Olawepo     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Christopher Ayeni     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Mahe Abdulkadir     Garment Factory     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Sola Saraki University     Tayo Awodiji     SWAN     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Muhammadu Buhari