Lagokun is the only recognised ruling house in Alade-Idanre, Akinbola family insists
_…approaches Court, tells kingmakers to vote and pick a candidate from Lagokun ruling house which comprises Akinbola and Akinboro_
Following the Obaship tussle rocking Alade-Idanre community, the family of Akinbola has approached the High Court of Justice of Ondo State in the Akure judicial division holden at Akure to nullify the process.
The family, Akinbola had earlier filed a suit against the late Engr. Alex Akinnadeju who claimed he was an Oba Elect, informed the court to nullify the process that produced him, as Akinbola family claimed that Engr. Alex Akinnadeju was not from the recognised ruling house in Alade-Idanre kingdom.
Following the demise of Alex Akinnadeju, Akinbola family has further filed an application in the Law Court to substitute Mr. Ayo Akinnadeju for the name of late Engr. Alex Akinnadeju, who was the first defendant in the Suit No: Ak/218/2023.
Akinbola family insisted that late Engr. Alex Akinnadeju was not an Oba Elect because the case is still pending in court before his demise.
The family, Akinbola also condemned the illegal selection of Mr. Benson Akingbaso, stressed that Akingbaso is not from any of the two royal families of Lagokun Ruling House, hence, should not parade himself as an Oba Elect of Alade-Idanre kingdom, noting that the process that produce him was faulty despite not being from royal families of Akinbola or Akinboro
The Akinbola family, in a release made available to Coastal Renaissance News, said, “the only recognized Ruling House in Alade-Idanre is Lagokun which comprises Akinbola and Akinboro families. So, the kingmakers should do the needful by voting a candidate from the contestants of Akinboro royal family. Akinbola produced the last Oba of Alade-Idanre, so, it is the turn of Akinboro family to produce the next Oba but if Akinboro family has no candidate for now, it will rather come back to Akinbola family since it is the two families that made up of the ruling house of Lagokun of Alade-Idanre kingdom.
“The process of selecting an Oba should stop until the kingmakers considered a candidate from the Lagokun Ruling House which comprises Akinbola and Akinboro”.
