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Ooni Of Ife’s Second In Command Sacked

Chief Idowu Adediwura, the Obalufe of Ife, traditional Prime Minister and next to Ooni in rank has been asked to vacate his throne by an Osun State High Court.

The court also directed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi to fill the stool with a candidate from the Aga Ruling House within 21 days.

Delivering judgment, Justice Foluke Awolalu of the Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, said the suit instituted by Abayomi Elugbuji held that the installation of Adediwura was not in accordance with the provisions of Ife Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957.

The court held that going by the Ife Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957, it was the turn of Aga Ruling House to produce Obalufe and not Ajagbusiekun, where Adediwura that was eventually installed hailed from.

The court also restrained Adediwura from parading self as Obalufe.

Reacting to the ruling, counsel for the plaintiff, Mr Babafemi Akande, described the judgment as “sound and clear.

 

Doris Israel Ijeoma

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