JEJE OLADELE & ORS VS OBA ADEKUNLE AROMOLARAN II & ORS
July 4, 2025N.O. OGUNBIYI VS ABDULKADIR ISHOLA
July 4, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1996) Legalpedia (SC) 61346
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
HOLDEN AT ABUJA
Mon Jun 3, 1996
Suit Number: SC. 37/1990
CORAM
A.B. WALI
M.L. UWAIS, CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA
A.I. IGUH
O. OLATAWURA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
YUSUF OLAYIWOLA OLAGUNJI (Mogaji and Head of OdumuyiFamily/Ruling House on behalf of himself and other members of Odumuyi Family/Ruling House of Ede) APPELLANTS
ALIMI OYENIRAN ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF OYO STATE COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OYO STATE GOVERNOR OF OYO STATE RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
There were registered declaration under the Chiefs Law of Western Nigeria, pertaining to Timi of Ede Chieftaincy which was amended to include Laminisa family; Hence the present action by the appellant challenging the legality of the amendment by the Executive Council of the Oyo State Government.
HELD
The appeal fails and it is dismissed with N1,000.00 costs to each set of respondents. The judgments of the trial court and the Court of Appeal are hereby further affirmed.
ISSUES
(a) Whether the Oyo State Executive Council could, as it did, in the given circumstance, amend the Timi of Ede Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957. (b) Whether the appellant’s family having appeared and testified before the Ademola Commission, could claim the right of being heard again by the Oyo State Executive Council before taking a decision on the report submitted to it by the Ademola Commission, particularly when the decision taken by the Executive Council affected his family’s right of rotational succession to Timi of Ede Chieftaincy.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
Woluchem & Ors. v. Gudi & Ors. (1981) 5 S.C. 291 and|Folorunsho v. Adeyemi (1975) 1 NMLR (Pt.1) 128.
STATUTES REFERRED TO
None.|
