The Ogun Condition Prime Court docket in Abeokuta on Tuesday reversed Alexander Macgregor’s set up because the Olu of Ilawo , stating the method unlawful.
Justice Olatokunbo Majekodunmi dominated that Macgregor will have to cancel posing because the Olu of Orile Ilawo, Abeokuta, pending the decision of the go well with towards the processes that resulted in his nomination.
The court docket’s resolution was once in line with a go well with filed through Ogunsanya- Ariku Royal Public of Ilawo, who had prayed to the court docket to cancel the set up and claim Macgregor’s declare to the throne inaccurateinappropriate.
Turning in the ruling, the pass judgement on condemned the federal government’s motion in putting in Macgregor in spite of pending court docket instances, describing it as an function of impunity and fail to remember for the court docket.
Justice Majekodunmi emphasized that after a case is earlier than the court docket, all events are legally obliged to not speed any motion that would undermine the court docket’s integrity.
The court docket, due to this fact, granted an line of obligatory injunction restraining Macgregor from parading himself because the Olu of Ilawo and restoring the Olu Of Orile Ilawo stool to how it was once when all events had submitted earlier than the court docket.
The pass judgement on additionally ordered the withdrawal of all tools of place of job, body of workers, and alternative symbols of authority that the federal government had bestowed on Macgregor.
Justice Majekodunmi mentioned, “It’s impunity and fail to remember to this court docket for the defendant to walk forward with the set up of the seventh defendant (Macgregor) in spite of the pending court docket case.
“Instantly, a case is ongoing; nation are below a prison accountability to not walk forward with anything else pending the decision of the go well with. Doing such is tantamount to undermining the integrity of the court docket.
“The court docket hereby orders the withdrawal of body of workers of place of job and alternative issues that produce Macgregor as Olu of Ilawo pending the decision of the go well with.
“The 7th defendant should also refrain from parading himself as Olu of Ilawo.”
The Ogunsanya-Ariku community approached the court docket nearest warrant chiefs authorized through the Ilawo custom council of chiefs had been allegedly shortchanged and substituted with bizarre names to appoint and choose the candidate to fill the stool of Olu of Orile Ilawo nearest the previous king’s dying on December 24, 2021.
They’d additionally wanted to halt the set up procedure, difficult Macgregor’s declare to the throne.
Reacting to the ruling, Dr David Ogunsanya, secretary to the Aiku and Ogunsanya dynasties, recommended the judiciary for upholding justice.
Dr. Ogunsanya mentioned, “Lately, we’re elated to transient the prestigious participants of the click that the set up of Mr. Olusegun Macgregor has been nullified and discarded through a reliable court docket of regulation with an instruction that he will have to henceforth desist from parading himself because the Olu of Orile Ilawo.
“Going forward, any action contrary to this court ruling would, by our understanding of its dictates, amount to contempt of the court, which shall be reported to the appropriate quarters for every action.”