……. Seek for his removal as he is not from Olanwa Family.
The Olanwa Ruling House of Isheri-Olofin has asked a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja to quash the purported installation of Ibrahim Olasunkanmi Bello as the Oba-elect of the community.
Alhaji Adebiyi Lamidi, Prince Moruf Adebiyi and Prince Lukeman Adebiyi, who filed the suit for themselves and on behalf of the Olanwa Ruling House, said that Bello was installed despite a subsisting court order.
The plaintiffs, through their lawyer, Mr George Oguntade (SAN), had filed a motion asking the court to restrain the first defendant as the Oba Elect of Isheri Olofin.
The motion was argued on November 22, 2024, and a ruling was delivered on December 11, 2024.
According to the claimants, Bello was installed as the Oba on the same day the court ruled to uphold the plaintiffs’ motion and restrained him from parading himself as Oba elect.
The plaintiffs also filed a motion to set aside the installation, while also commencing contempt proceedings against the first defendant.
Other defendants in the suit are the Balogun of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Fasasi Balogun; the Eletu of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Saheed Adebiyi; the Otun Of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Kolawole Ogundeyi; the Osi Of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Idowu Erinfolami; the Ajiroba of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Lateet Ilyas Abogunloko; and the Iyaolode of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Ekundayo Abogunloko.
The rest are the Ajigbeda of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Simbiat Abogunloko; the Aro of Isheri-Olofin, Chief Wasiu Ogundeyi; Chairman Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area, Alimosho; the Chieftaincy Committee of Alimosho Local Government; the Lagos State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs and the Governor of Lagos State.
The plaintiffs are praying for “a restorative order setting aside the purported installation of the first defendant as the new Oba of Isheri-Olofin at a ceremony which took place at the Alimosho Local Government Secretariat on December 11, 2024.
“An order restraining the 12th and 13th defendants (chieftaincy ministry and the governor) from affording any credence or recognition whatsoever to the purported installation of the first defendant as the new Oba of Isheri-Olofin pending the hearing and determination of this suit.
“An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the first defendant from performing the duties and responsibilities of Oba of Isheri-Olofin pending the hearing and determination of this suit.
“An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the state government from presenting the Staff of Office of Oba of Isheri-Olofin to the first defendant and restraining him from receiving the same pending the hearing and determination of the suit.”
The motion was supported by an affidavit deposed to by Chief Lamidi, head of the claimant’s royal family, which is one of the four ruling houses of Isheri-Olofin.
The affidavit argues that it was the turn of the Olanwa ruling house to fill the vacant Obaship Stool of Isheri-Olofin under the extant Isheri-Olofin Chieftaincy Declaration, dated June 1, 1983.
Meanwhile, the Olanwa Families have rejected the Lineage of Mr Olasukanmi Ibrahim, claiming he is a descendants of the Aroworatira family based in Idimu as they request for thorough investigation before doing the needful .
