21 kings in Ibadan lose crowns

Fifty-three months after they were elevated and crowned obas in Ibadanland by  the immediate past Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi, a State High Court on Tuesday set aside the gazette to the effect.

In granting the terms of settlement jointly filed by the state government and the claimant who doubles as the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja,  Justice A. Aderemi  Aderemi said since the parties had met and agreed, he was left with no option but to set aside the gazette, the Punch reported.

Ladoja in 2018 won a landmark judgment which quashed all the processes that led to the coronation of his  fellow high chiefs and some Baales numbering 21 on August 27, 2017  by the Ajimobi government.

The  state government, who was not satisfied with the judgment, approached the   Court of  Appeal. The appeal  was   pending at the court  as of  the time  Ajimobi left office on May 29.

His successor,  Seyi Makinde opted  for an amicable resolution of the dispute which  had pitted the 21 kings against the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji since 2017.