JUSTICE Olajumoke Aiki of the Oyo State High Court sitting at Ring Road in Ibadan, on Friday declared that the elevation and subsequent installation of twenty-one kings in Ibadan by the Oyo state government is unconstitutional. She, therefore, declared the commission that recommended the Baales to be upgraded to kings illegal and consequently declared the twenty-one new kings in Ibadan illegal. Justice Aiki further upheld all the prayers made by Chief Ladoja which included a declaration of any report issued or to be issued on 1957 chieftaincy law as illegal. Joined as co-respondent in the suit is the head of the panel of inquiry on whose report the reform was carried out, Justice Boade. Meanwhile, a judgment in a similar case filed by the Olubadan against the elevation was fixed for February 1 before Justice Aiki.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 20, 2018 05:24 UTC