- Alowonle petitions NICN to reinstate him as the legitimate AMORAN chairman after a four-month absence.
- He contends that the chairmanship was never vacant and challenges the legitimacy of Sokoya’s swearing-in.
- The petition relies on constitutional and procedural provisions to confirm his rightful position as chairman.
Transport magnate Otunba Nurudeen Aina, popularly known as Alowonle, has petitioned the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Ibadan to declare him the rightful chairman of the Incorporated Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Ogun State (AMORAN).
He is asking the court to nullify the swearing-in of Otunba Taofeek Sokoya as chairman, asserting that the office was never vacant and that Sokoya does not hold any executive position.
The suit—filed under case number NICN/IB/07/2025—names as respondents the association’s incorporated trustees, the Governor of Ogun State, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Commissioner for Transport of Ogun State, and Otunba Taofeek Sokoya (a.k.a. Danku).
Aina, through his counsel Mr. Bamidele Ogundele of B.P. Ogundele & Co. at Castle of Justice Chambers, argues that his temporary leave of absence for four months does not forfeit his position.
He maintains that, upon the expiration of his leave, he automatically reverts to his role as chairman, while the acting chairman should revert to vice chairman.
The petitioner relies on provisions from Order 3 Rule 3 of the NICN Civil Procedure Rules, 2017, section 254(C) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), and specific sections of the AMORAN Constitution to support his claim.
