Alara Stool: Ekiti Community Sues For Reconciation After Supreme Court Verdict

The people of Aramoko Ekiti, the headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have called on feuding parties to the throne of the Alara to allow the verdict of the Supreme Court over the stool to usher in a period of reconciliation and unification.

The community said the verdict of the apex court has laid to rest the 16 years legal tussle surrounding the enthronement of the late Oba Adegoke Olu-Adeyemi, as Alara of Aramoko Ekiti.

The monarch in question, late Oba Olu-Adeyemi died on August 9, 2025.

Responding to the judgement, the President of Aramoko Development Association (ADA), Babatunde Allen Aluko, said the long and tortuous journey has taken the better part of the last 16 years during which Aramoko was essentially brought to a standstill

“The judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which dismissed the appeal by Prince Olusegun Aderemi in relation to the tussle for the Alara of Aramoko-Ekiti throne for lacking in merit, has brought calm to the town,” Aluko said.

He streased that the appellant had utilised the opportunities available to seek redress, saying the judgement was received with joy and excitement within and outside the town.

“The resulting calmness should usher in a period of reconciliation and unification. Aramoko is one and shall remain one in peace and progress. I wish to appeal to all and sundry to cease further tussles, engage peacefully and turn the page so that Aramoko can move forward,” he appealed.

The apex court in its judgment delivered by Justice Idris Mohammed on behalf of four other justices on Friday, had dismissed the appeal challenging the late Alara’s enthronement by Prince Segun Aderemi as lacking in merit.

It further held that the appellant failed to prove his case that will warrant the Supreme Court to meddle, change or overturn the the concurrent findings of the two lower courts.

The late monarch and Prince Aderemi were both from the same Arakale Ruling House.