Court sacks ex-RCCG Pastor as Soun of Ogbomoso, barely 47 days after installation

By allcitynews.ng

Barely 47 days after he resigned as Minister in the Vineyard of God to become a traditional ruler,  an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 nullified his selection and installation as Soun of Ogbomoso.

The state government had on September 8, 2023, installed Afolabi Olaoye, a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) based in the United States of America (USA), as the new Soun and the kingmakers of the town subsequently installed him on.

However, Prince Kabir Olaoye, one of the contenders for the Soun of Ogbomoso stool, dragged him to court, saying he was not eligible for the position of Soun of Ogbomoso.

The presiding judge, Justice K.A. Adedokun, while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by Kabir, had restrained the governor, Attorney General and the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Oyo State either by themselves, agents or officials from presenting any instrument of office in any form of ceremony or issuance of certificate of installation to Ghandi pending the hearing and final determination of the mandatory injunction already filed before the court.

Kabir said the selection of Ghandi did not follow due process and the Ogbomoso cheiftaincy declaration.

He then prayed the court to nullify Ghandi’s selection and installation, as well as order the kingmakers to commence a fresh selection process.

Justice Adedokun, in the judgment delivered on Wednesday, nullified the selection and installation of Ghandi as Soun of Ogbomoso and ordered the kingmakers to commence a fresh process to select a new monarch for the town.
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