Awujale: Ijebu chiefs sue Abiodun over interregnum council

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The Adele Oba Awujale-in-Council has sued Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun over the reconstitution of the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council. Read More:…

The Adele Oba Awujale-in-Council has sued the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and members of the reconstituted Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council before the state High Court in Ijebu-Ode, challenging what it describes as an unlawful attempt to displace the traditional administrative structure of Ijebuland.

Other defendants in the suit include the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; and members of the recently reconstituted Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, namely High Chief Rasheed Adesanya, the Olisa of Ijebu-Ode; Chief Chris Okunowo, the Bobasuwa; Prof. Jide Ajayi, the Jagun Aso; Chief Stephen Bakare, the Babalaje; and Chief Alade Shote, the Otun Balogun.

The suit, dated November 5, 2026, and marked HCJ/201/2026, seeks to establish the authority of the Adele Oba Awujale-in-Council to oversee the traditional and administrative affairs of Ijebu-Ode during the interregnum following the death of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona.

According to a statement from the media office of the Adele Oba Awujale-in-Council and accompanying court documents made available to journalists on Tuesday, the nine-member council, led by the Adele and Ogbeni Oja of Ijebuland, Dr Sonny Kuku, is asking the court to declare that the Adele system is the only legitimate traditional administrative authority recognised by the native law, customs and ancestral practices of the Ijebu people during the period between the reigns of successive Awujales.

The plaintiffs are also challenging the establishment and subsequent reconstitution of the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, describing the arrangement as alien to Ijebu customary law and inconsistent with the Ogun State Chiefs Law.

In the substantive suit, they are seeking a declaration that neither the governor nor the relevant government authorities have the power to create or reconstitute an administrative council capable of…

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