An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede has restrained Governor Ademola Adeleke from appointing or installing a new Olojo of Ojo in Egbedore Local Government Area pending the determination of a court application.
The interim injunction was granted by Justice K. Akano on October 29, 2026, following a suit marked HED/18/2026, filed by five princes representing members of a ruling house in the community.
The applicants, through their counsel, A. Mikaheel, are Princes Babatunde Hammed Adegoke, Taofeek Adekunle Adegoke, Nathaniel Olaniyi Adelakun, Abiodun Adelakun and Olukunle Oyetunji.
They instituted the suit against Adeleke, the state Attorney-General, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Egbedore Traditional Council.
Also joined in the case are Prince Mike Abiola, representing members of the Onimolodun Ruling House, and High Chief Falowo Jamiu Adebayo, representing the kingmakers and warrant chiefs involved in selecting the monarch.
The applicants had asked the court to stop the defendants and anyone acting on their behalf from appointing, installing or recognising any candidate as the next Olojo of Ojo.
Granting the application, Justice Akano ordered that the restriction would remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the applicants’ motion on notice.
The ruling comes amid growing tensions over traditional leadership appointments in Osun State. Another chieftaincy dispute has emerged in Ijabe, Odo-Otin Local Government Area, where four ruling houses have challenged the state government’s decision to nullify the town’s 2018 amended chieftaincy declaration and approve a new Onijabe.
The latest order is an interim injunction and does not represent a final determination of the dispute over the Olojo of Ojo stool.
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