Appeal Court affirms Oba Ghandi as Soun Of Ogbomoso

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye, Orumogege III, as the Soun of Ogbomoso land.

Justice Yargata Nimpar, who led a three-member panel of Justices, while delivering judgement on the appeal filed by the monarch on Tuesday, resolved all the 10 grounds of appeal in favour Oba Ghandi.

Recalls 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 Ghandi as Soun of Ogbomoso, asserting that the procedure of his nomination was “Irregular, null and void”.

The lower court added that the process did not comply with the provisions of Soun Chieftaincy Declaration of 1958.

However, Justice Nimpar of the Appellant Court set aside the judgement of the lower court on Tuesday, paving the way for Oba Ghandi to continue his reign.

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Speaking with newsmen after the judgment, the respondents’ lead counsel, Mr Abiodun Ogunjumi, said his client was dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal.

Ogunjumi said he was ready to file notice and grounds of the appeal to attack the judgment of the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the respondents are Prince Muhammed Olaore and six others.

Mr Kolawole Fatoye stood in for Olaoye’s counsel, Mr Yusuf Ali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). (NAN)