8th September, 2023
Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye was on Friday installed as the Soun of Ogbomoso land despite a restraining order from the State High Court.
The former Soun Of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, had dead in December 2021 after spending 48 years on the throne, leaving the stool vacant.
Olaoye, who was a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus House, Washington DC, had his selection approved by Governor Seyi Makinde, despite many outcry against his selection.
The new monarch had arrived in Ogbomoso early Friday morning in a private chopper, which landed at Ogbomoso Grammar School, before moving to the palace, the Punch reports.
The State High Court had on Thursday restrained the governor, the Attorney General of the State and the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters either by themselves, agents, or officials from presenting any instrument of office in any form of ceremony or issuance of the certificate of installation to Olaoye until the final determination of the mandatory injunction already filed before the court.
On Friday, the monarch’s official installation was performed at Abata by the kingmakers led by the Areago High Chief Sobalaje Otolorin.
According to the kingmakers, they did not receive any court injunction restraining them from installing Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.