A high court sitting in Ikeja,
Lagos state has dismissed a suit seeking to remove Rilwan Akiolu, as the oba of
Lagos.
According to TheNation, A.
Candide-Johnson, the trial judge, in a ruling, held that Adedoyin Adebiyi and
Rasheed Modile, the claimants, who are two members of the Lagos royal family,
failed to prove their case.
In May 2017, Akiolu had appeared
before the court in a suit challenging his emergence as the oba of Lagos,
saying he is the bona fide monarch.
“I am here to justify my
appointment, you cannot build something on nothing, it will be broken,” he had
said.
“By native law and customs and by
law, I am the bona fide Oba of Lagos,” said Akiolu, who was accompanied to the
court by 10 white cap chiefs.”
Adebiyi and Modile had claimed
that Akiolu is not entitled to the throne because he is not a member of a
ruling royal family by not being a direct descendant of Oba Ado, the first oba
of Lagos.
The duo further alleged that
proper customary rules and procedures were not followed when he was appointed
as Oba in May 2003.
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com