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Oyo princes seek court order to restrict Alaafin’s public engagements

 

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has been summoned to appear before the State High Court sitting in Oyo Town in a suit filed by a group of princes from the ancient town.


The claimants, Ladigbolu Adegboyega, Owoade Tesleem, Adeyemi Adesina and Adeyemi Adebayo, instituted the case under suit number HOY/18/2026, seeking several declarations and injunctive orders against the monarch.


In the writ filed before the court, the princes are asking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Alaafin, either personally or through his servants and associates, from attending or participating in events they describe as “not befitting the status of a symbolic traditional head of the Yoruba race.”


They are also seeking an order restraining him from acting in any traditional or official capacity that would render him subordinate or inferior to any other Oba in Yorubaland.


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Among other reliefs, the claimants requested judicial declarations affirming the historical and cultural significance of the Alaafin’s office.

“A declaration that the office of the Alaafin of Oyo, currently occupied by the defendant, is of great historical importance not only in Yorubaland but also in Nigeria, West Africa and beyond,” the suit states.


“A declaration that the Alaafin of Oyo is the symbol of unity, togetherness and the pivotal holder of the cultural, customary and traditional heritage of the Yoruba people.


“A declaration that the Alaafin of Oyo is the paramount ruler and appointing authority over all chieftaincies in Oyo Town as well as Oyo North and South.”


According to the writ of summons, the defendant may enter an appearance either personally or through legal representatives by submitting the appropriate forms at the registry of the High Court in the relevant judicial division, or by forwarding them via registered post.


The case is expected to test questions surrounding traditional hierarchy, protocol and the interpretation of the Alaafin’s status within the broader structure of Yoruba monarchy.


SOURCE ; NEW-MUSK BLOG.

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