Court restrains Soun from imposing new executive on Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Parapo

By Bukola Hameed 

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has restrained the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, from sacking the executive committee of the Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Parapo Agbaaye and imposing a caretaker committee.

The monarch had in September announced the dissolution of the association’s executive and named Prof. Josiah Ajiboye as acting president to lead a caretaker committee pending the election of a substantive executive.

However, the acting president appointed by the association, Alhaji Yusuf Adetayo, alongside two other members — Mr. Tolani Balogun and Alhaji Bukola Badmus — dragged Oba Olaoye, Ajiboye, and the association’s registered trustees to court, seeking an order restraining the monarch from effecting the changes.

They argued that Oba Olaoye lacks the power to sack the executive or impose leaders on the association, explaining that the body is independent and governed by its own constitution as a Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)-registered entity.

The applicants sought an order restraining Ajiboye and his purported committee from forcefully displacing the acting exco appointed by the association from the secretariat, pending the determination of the motion on notice.

They also sought an order restraining the caretaker committee from taking any step toward conducting an election or appointing persons to office, thereby displacing the legally installed acting executive.

Delivering a ruling on an ex parte motion filed by the applicants’ lawyers on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice N. E. Maha, ordered both parties to maintain the status quo ante pending the determination of the motion on notice filed on November 11, 2025.

The court further directed the applicants to serve the certified true copy of the enrolled order, the motion on notice seeking interlocutory injunctions, the originating summons, and other relevant documents on the respondents within 48 hours.

A hearing notice was also ordered to be served on the respondents, while the hearing of the pending motion seeking interlocutory orders was adjourned to December 1, 2025.

The association, which comprises all Ogbomoso indigenes worldwide, has the Soun of Ogbomoso as its life grand patron, with other monarchs in the area serving as life patrons. These include the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, the Onikoyi of Ikoyi, the Aresadu of Iresaadu, and the Alajaawa of Ajaawa.

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