Soun: Court Orders ‘Egbe Omo Ogbomoso’ To Function Without Interference

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered that the Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye continue to function unhindered and without any interference.

The court had earlier restrained the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, from dissolving the association’s executive committee and imposing a caretaker committee.

It would be recalled that in September 2025, the monarch announced the dissolution of the association’s executive and appointed Prof. Josiah Ajiboye as acting president to head a caretaker committee pending the election of a substantive executive.

However, the acting president of the association, Alhaji Yusuf Adetayo, alongside two other members, Mr Tolani Balogun and Alhaji Bukola Badmus, dragged Oba Olaoye, Ajiboye, and the association’s registered trustees before the court.

They sought an order restraining the monarch from effecting the changes.

The applicants argued that Oba Olaoye lacked the power to sack the executive or impose leaders on the association, noting that the body is independent and governed by its own constitution as an entity registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

They also asked the court to restrain Ajiboye and his purported committee from forcibly displacing the acting executive appointed by the association from the association’s secretariat, pending the determination of the motion on notice.

In addition, they sought an order restraining the caretaker committee from taking steps to conduct an election or appoint persons to office in a manner that would displace the legally installed acting executive.

During proceedings on Wednesday, counsel to the claimants, I.N. Obasan, informed the court that the parties had reached an out-of-court settlement.

Obasan said that although the matter was slated for a hearing, the parties agreed to the terms of settlement on January 28, 2026, which were filed the same day.

She urged the court to adopt the terms of settlement as the valid and final judgment.

Counsel to the second and third defendants, O.K. Abimbola, corroborated Obasan’s submission, confirming that all parties consented to the adoption of the settlement terms as the court’s final judgment.

In her ruling, Justice N. E. Maha adopted the terms of settlement as the court’s final judgment, declaring them binding on all parties.

The judge ordered that no party should interfere in the affairs of Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye and that the association’s constitution must be respected.

She further directed that parties should bear their respective costs.