A former pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prince Afolabi Ghandi Laoye, on Friday has been installed as the new Soun of Ogbomosoland in Oyo State by the Kingmakers.
The installation of Olaoye is coming a few hours after an Oyo State High Court ordered the state governor and others not to install him
Some members of the family had opposed the approval, thereby heading to court, arguing that he was not part of the process right from the beginning and that he shouldn’t be crowned against their wish.
The family members instituted the suit, marked HOG/27/2022, in July 2022, against the nomination of Ghandi Olaoye by the kingmakers, citing various irregularities in the procedures that produced him thereby praying the court to, among other reliefs, set aside the nomination and to order a fresh process.
In its ruling on Thursday, Justice K.A Adedokun of the high court gave an order restraining Olaoye from parading, representing or presenting himself as the candidate for any ceremony for the issuance of a certificate of installation or wearing any regalia resembling that of the occupant of the stool of Soun of Ogbomoso Chieftaincy pending the hearing and final determination of the mandatory injunction already filed before the court.
Apparently ignoring the court order, Kingmakers on Friday installed Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomosoland.
Olaoye’s installation was performed at Abata in Ogbomosjo by the kingmakers, led by the Areago of Ogbomoso, High Chief Sobalaje Otolorin.
The kingmakers, while performing the installation, maintained that they are yet to receive any court injunction restraining them from installing Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomoso.
