An Oyo state High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, Monday, granted the application for stay of execution on the nullification of the appointment of Oba Gbandi Afolabi Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomosoland.
Justice Kareem Adeyimika Adedokun while issuing the order in suit no HOG/27/2022, directed all the parties to maintain status quo ante pending the hearing and determination of the appeal already filed by the defense of Oba Olaoye and the Oyo state government.
It will be recalled that Oba Olaoye who was installed on September 8, 2023 by the kingmakers in Ogbomoso got his appointment nullified on October 25 in a suit filed by Prince Kabir Olaoye on the ground of breaching of the process of nomination.
Upon the judgement, the monarch and the Oyo state government which approved the nomination filed independent appeals citing contradictions in the judgment in view of an earlier ruling on October 3 in which the judge, Justice Adedokun, ruled that the process was right, proper and valid.
It was learnt that with the granting of the stay of execution motion by the Oyo state High Court, the Oba who has traveled out of the country for sometime as a result of the renovation going on in the palace is expected to return to Ogbomosho any moment from now.
As at the time of writing this report, the appeal hearing is yet to commence.
