14 Volume 42 of 23rd August, 2017 and 15 Volume 42 of 24th August 2017 and 3 Volume 43 of 29th March, 2018, the past administration purportedly, albeit illegally, translated some Ibadan High Chiefs into Obas and purportedly gave authority to wear beaded crowns. “However, it is also a notorious fact that the said gazette, being the only instruments by which this aberration to Ibadan Chieftaincy Custom Laws was carried out has, by the judgment of the Oyo State High Court, made on 19th November, 2019, neen set aside. Lana said it was surprising to see some of the High Chiefs acting as Obas and wearing neaded crowns and coronets. “This is even more pronounced by the advertisement placed in the Nigerian Tribune of 25th December, 2019, by the High Chiefs. He called on the Commissioner of Police, Mr Sina Olukolu to arrest any of the High Chiefs parading himself as an Oba from now on.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 30, 2019 16:30 UTC