Babajide Oba First-class traditional leader Lawrence Oluwole, the Oluoke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been removed from office.

The Kugbaigbe Ruling House, which would have produced the king to occupy the then-vacant stool of the town, was acknowledged by a State High Court sitting in Ondo city as not being a member, therefore invalidating the appointment of the monarch.

The appointment of the king by the state government had been contested in court by two princes from the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, Rufus Adekanye and Temitope Adeoye, who served as Head and Secretary of the House, respectively. The town's Kingmakers also joined the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs revealed that the defendant was not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, which in turn was to propose a candidate to the throne because the stool is still vacant, in the lawsuit filed by their attorney Olusola Ebiseni.

Oluwole was not a part of the ruling house that would eventually produce the monarch, as Justice Ademola Enikuemehin acknowledged in his decision.

In light of this, Enikuemehin issued an order stating that "the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftaincy in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State is subject to the Declaration in Part two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters and the Chiefs Law CAP 27 Volume 1 Laws of Ondo State 2006."

He stated further that "Under the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters, eligibility to the throne is restricted to the descendants of (1) Odo Eleyowo (2) Aare Kugbaigbe (3) Kuole Oloje (4) Aderin Ologbenla (5) Ajibike Adedimeji of the male linage who is thus constituted as the five Ruling Houses of the Chieftaincy.

Only members of the aforementioned Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House of the male linage are qualified to be proposed as the candidate(s) and be made an Oba at the turn of the Ruling House, according to and by virtue of the Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters.

It is the turn of the Are Kugbaigbe Ruling House to offer candidate(s) to occupy the currently vacant stool of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftaincy, according to the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters.

"The fifth defendant (Oba Oluwole), not being a descendant of the Aare Kugbaigbe, is not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House and, therefore, is not qualified under the declaration to be proposed as a candidate for the vacant stool of or be made the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

Additionally, the court issued an injunction prohibiting "the fifth defendant from further parading himself or permitting himself to be paraded as or accorded the rights and privileges pertaining to the person, title, and office of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

In it, the defendants were forbidden from "jointly and severally parading as or further according to the fifth defendant the recognition, rights and privileges, of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

https://platinumtimes.ng/ondo-court-dethrones-first-class-monarch/

What's the use of traditional leaders these days?

PlatinumTimesng:
Babajide Oba First-class traditional leader Lawrence Oluwole, the Oluoke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been removed from office.

The Kugbaigbe Ruling House, which would have produced the king to occupy the then-vacant stool of the town, was acknowledged by a State High Court sitting in Ondo city as not being a member, therefore invalidating the appointment of the monarch.

The appointment of the king by the state government had been contested in court by two princes from the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, Rufus Adekanye and Temitope Adeoye, who served as Head and Secretary of the House, respectively. The town's Kingmakers also joined the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs revealed that the defendant was not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, which in turn was to propose a candidate to the throne because the stool is still vacant, in the lawsuit filed by their attorney Olusola Ebiseni.

Oluwole was not a part of the ruling house that would eventually produce the monarch, as Justice Ademola Enikuemehin acknowledged in his decision.

In light of this, Enikuemehin issued an order stating that "the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftaincy in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State is subject to the Declaration in Part two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters and the Chiefs Law CAP 27 Volume 1 Laws of Ondo State 2006."

He stated further that "Under the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters, eligibility to the throne is restricted to the descendants of (1) Odo Eleyowo (2) Aare Kugbaigbe (3) Kuole Oloje (4) Aderin Ologbenla (5) Ajibike Adedimeji of the male linage who is thus constituted as the five Ruling Houses of the Chieftaincy.

Only members of the aforementioned Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House of the male linage are qualified to be proposed as the candidate(s) and be made an Oba at the turn of the Ruling House, according to and by virtue of the Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters.

It is the turn of the Are Kugbaigbe Ruling House to offer candidate(s) to occupy the currently vacant stool of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Chieftaincy, according to the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo Declaration contained in Part Two of Justice Adeloye Judicial Commission Of Inquiry On Chieftaincy Matters.

"The fifth defendant (Oba Oluwole), not being a descendant of the Aare Kugbaigbe, is not a member of the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House and, therefore, is not qualified under the declaration to be proposed as a candidate for the vacant stool of or be made the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

Additionally, the court issued an injunction prohibiting "the fifth defendant from further parading himself or permitting himself to be paraded as or accorded the rights and privileges pertaining to the person, title, and office of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

In it, the defendants were forbidden from "jointly and severally parading as or further according to the fifth defendant the recognition, rights and privileges, of the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo."

https://platinumtimes.ng/ondo-court-dethrones-first-class-monarch/

How was the man even became nominated and installed in the first place ?