The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso.
Justice Yargata Nimpar, who led a three-member panel of justices, delivered the judgment on the appeal filed by the monarch on Tuesday.
The appeal resolved all the 10 grounds of appeal in favour of Oba Olaoye.
Recall that Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso had on October 25, 2023, nullified the selection and installation of Oba Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomoso, asserting that the procedure of his nomination was “irregular, null and void.”
Adedokun added that the process did not comply with the provisions of the Soun Chieftaincy Declaration of 1958.
Justice Nimpar, however, set aside the judgment on Tuesday, paving the way for the monarch to continue his reign.
