An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun has granted an order of interim injunction disqualifying the Obaara and Adedeji ruling houses from contesting the vacant Akinrun stool.
Granting
the order, Justice A. A. G. Onibokun also restrained the Osun State Government
from accepting any nomination outside the Gboleru ruling house.
Recall
that there has been contention between the Gboleru ruling house which was
supposed to produce the next Akinrun and the Obaara and Adedeji ruling houses.
The
Gboleru ruling house was supposed to produce the next Akinrun but due to
misunderstanding amongst qualified princes, an Osun State High Court in Ikirun
presided over by Justice Jide Falola directed that the Obaara as the next
ruling house in line to produce the next Akinrun.
The
Osun State Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs had also expressed its readiness to carry out the court order.
Due
to the judgment, members of the Gboleru ruling house on Sunday staged a town
wide protest in Ikirun to press home their right to the throne in conformity
with the Chieftaincy law.
In
conforming to the court order, the town’s kingmakers announced on Wednesday
November 24, 2021 the nomination of Prince Yunus Akadri as next Akinrun, a move
with they claimed was the endorsement of the choice of the oracles.