The Olukere of Odo-Oja Ikere-Ekiti, headquarters of Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, has dismissed insinuations of alleged judicial pronouncement against the stool.
There were reports in the social media recently that the highest court in the land had declared the stool and installation of Olukere illegal.
But, the Odofin Of Odo -Oja Ikere Ekiti, Chief Tope Ijasan, who spoke to newsmen on behalf of the traditional ruler, said the clarification became imperative due to how the development had created tension in the town and the state.
Ijasan said: “We have been inundated with calls and messages concerning the verdict of the court on the tussle between the Olukere and the Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti. We had chosen to ignore this wicked fabrication until it appeared that certain people sought to draw mileage from the disinformation.
“Security agents across the country have been urged to be on the lookout in order to bring the harbinger of the fake news story to justice. He must tell Nigerians the source of his story which totally contradicted what actually happened at the apex court.”
According to him, the case before the appellate court has nothing to do with the Olukere and his staff of office, but the prayers of the state government urging the court to exclude it from the legal tussle between the two traditional institutions.
“The issue that went to the Appeal Court from the High Court has nothing to do with the Olukere and his staff of office. It was a motion that the state government took to court that it should be excluded from the case instituted by the Ogoga.
“And that the issue of Aladejana panel was statue barred. The High Court gave the ruling in favour of the state government that it should be excluded from the case, that the Aladejana panel was statue barred. After the ruling, the Ogoga group appealed against the High Court ruling, praying the appeal court to reinstate the state government and attorney general back into the case they instituted and the court ruled in their favour and directed the case back to the chief judge to be reassigned to another judge for trial.
“The issue of autonomy granted Odo-Oja community in Ikere Local Government by the state government and the Olukere as the king was never in contention before the Court of Appeal and the appellate Judges affirmed that they could not issue order on what were not before the court, and the issues were yet to be tried at the High Court,” he said.
He pointed out that two issues raised above were the appeal of the state government, praying the Supreme Court to accept the ruling of the High Court, excluding it and agree with them that Aladejana’s panel report was statue barred.
On his part, lead counsel for Olukere, Morakinyo Ogele, said the report of the purported removal of Olukere were being sponsored by mischief makers to cause crisis in the community, adding that Oba Obasoyin remains a recognised traditional ruler.
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